Bottom temperature maps

[khyde]

For the bottom temp maps here? 1) Extend the northern range to include all of the GOM 2) Consider a different color scale so that the temperatures are more discernible. I find it difficult to see the temperature differences in the current maps. 3) I don't know if it belongs here or as a catalog issue, but it would be very helpful to also include bottom temp anomaly maps on this page.

[BBeltz1]

@jcaracappa1 any input on this before I make changes?

[jcaracappa1]

1. Agree to extend max latitude
2. Agreed. color scale should either be white to red or blue to red
3. We decided to add anomaly plots but not for this year's report

[BBeltz1]

I will get on these changes. Thanks.

[BBeltz1]

@khyde @jcaracappa1 I've changed the color scale of the bottom temp seasonal gridded maps. Let me know your thoughts.

As for the change to the northern limit, is this something we want to do? It will essentially turn this map into a shelfwide map instead of being separated by report.

Currently, ecodata::plot_bottom_temp_seasonal_gridded(report = "MidAtlantic") plots this:

And ecodata::plot_bottom_temp_seasonal_gridded(report = "NewEngland") plots this:

[jcaracappa1]

since this isn't going the report, we might just want to plot to be shelf wide with an option for selected one of the EPUs

[khyde]

I agree that it should be a shelfwide map and that we don't need EPU specific maps in the catalog. If anything, I would suggest including the offshore data as well and just make the EPU outlines a little thicker so you can really see the boundary. We often talk about offshore influences so I think it is important to show that data as well.

For the color scale, I think we need something that is more dynamic. It is very hard to see the differences in a monochromatic scale. This is what I am using for the summary pages and I think you can see the different temperatures so much better in something with more colors.

[jcaracappa1]

I did not supply gridded bottom temperature for outside the EPUs

[jcaracappa1]

I like that scale, but we don't want to confuse it for the color scale used in the gridded anomaly plots

[khyde]

True, maybe one that goes from navy to green to yellow? There are a few here that would work. Maybe Inferno or Viridis https://jmsallan.netlify.app/blog/the-viridis-palettes/

[khyde]

Yellow-orange-red would work too

[jcaracappa1]

I like the viridis inferno

[BBeltz1]

yeah I can implement viridis inferno. i'll post new plots when that's done so you can take a look.

[BBeltz1]

ecodata::plot_bottom_temp_seasonal_gridded(), now in viridus inferno. Thoughts?

[khyde]

This looks better. What is the temperature range being plotted? Maybe extend the min temp to 0 and max at 25 to allow for more dynamics in the lower temps since that is where the majority of the data are.