hvPlot.contourf#

hvPlot.contourf(x=None, y=None, z=None, colorbar=True, levels=5, logz=False, **kwds)[source]#

Filled contour plot

Reference. https://hvplot.holoviz.org/reference/xarray/contourf.html

Parameters:
xstring, optional

The coordinate variable along the x-axis

ystring, optional

The coordinate variable along the y-axis

zstring, optional

The data variable to plot

colorbar: boolean

Whether to display a colorbar

levels: int, optional

The number of contour lines to draw or a list of scalar values used to specify the contour levels. Default is 5

logz: bool, optional

Whether to apply log scaling to the z-axis. Default is False

**kwdsoptional

Additional keywords arguments are documented in hvplot.help(‘contourf’). See Plotting Options for more information.

Returns:
holoviews.element.Contours / Panel object

You can print the object to study its composition and run:

import holoviews as hv
hv.help(the_holoviews_object)

to learn more about its parameters and options.

References

Examples

import hvplot.xarray
import xarray as xr

ds = xr.tutorial.open_dataset("air_temperature")
ds.hvplot.contourf(
    geo=True,
    coastline=True,
    z="air",
    x="lon",
    y="lat",
    levels=20,
    clabel="T [K]",
    line_width=2,
    label="Mean Air temperature [K]",
    cmap="reds",
)

Backend-specific styling options#

alpha, cmap, color, fill_alpha, fill_color, hover_alpha, hover_color, hover_fill_alpha, hover_fill_color, hover_line_alpha, hover_line_cap, hover_line_color, hover_line_dash, hover_line_dash_offset, hover_line_join, hover_line_width, line_alpha, line_cap, line_color, line_dash, line_dash_offset, line_join, line_width, muted, muted_alpha, muted_color, muted_fill_alpha, muted_fill_color, muted_line_alpha, muted_line_cap, muted_line_color, muted_line_dash, muted_line_dash_offset, muted_line_join, muted_line_width, nonselection_alpha, nonselection_color, nonselection_fill_alpha, nonselection_fill_color, nonselection_line_alpha, nonselection_line_cap, nonselection_line_color, nonselection_line_dash, nonselection_line_dash_offset, nonselection_line_join, nonselection_line_width, selection_alpha, selection_color, selection_fill_alpha, selection_fill_color, selection_line_alpha, selection_line_cap, selection_line_color, selection_line_dash, selection_line_dash_offset, selection_line_join, selection_line_width, visible

alpha, c, capstyle, cmap, color, ec, ecolor, edgecolor, facecolor, fc, fill, hatch, joinstyle, linestyle, linewidth, lw

Examples#

TBD

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