Re: plotting contours on a sphere
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg119482] Re: plotting contours on a sphere
- From: Bob Hanlon <hanlonr at cox.net>
- Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2011 06:23:03 -0400 (EDT)
p3 = SphericalPlot3D[1, {\[Phi], 0, Pi}, {\[Theta], 0, 2 Pi},
ColorFunctionScaling -> False,
ColorFunction -> Function[{x, y, z, \[Theta], \[Phi], r},
ColorData["TemperatureMap"]
[Rescale[f[\[Phi], \[Theta]], {-1, 1}]]],
Mesh -> 9,
MeshFunctions ->
{Function[{x, y, z, \[Theta], \[Phi], r},
f[\[Phi], \[Theta]]]}]
Bob Hanlon
---- J Davis <texasautiger at gmail.com> wrote:
=============
I would like to plot the contours of a given function f on the surface
of a sphere.
More specifically, I'd like to "wrap" the contours in p2 below onto
the surface of the sphere in p3.
f[\[Theta]_, \[Phi]_] = Sin[\[Theta] + \[Phi]];
p1 = Plot3D[f[\[Theta], \[Phi]], {\[Theta], 0, 2 Pi}, {\[Phi], 0, Pi},
PlotRange -> All, AxesLabel -> {\[Theta], \[Phi]},
ColorFunction -> ColorData["TemperatureMap"]];
p2 = ContourPlot[
f[\[Theta], \[Phi]], {\[Theta], 0, 2 Pi}, {\[Phi], 0, Pi},
PlotRange -> All, FrameLabel -> {\[Theta], \[Phi]},
ColorFunction -> ColorData["TemperatureMap"]];
p3 = SphericalPlot3D[1, {\[Phi], 0, Pi}, {\[Theta], 0, 2 Pi},
ColorFunctionScaling -> False,
ColorFunction ->
Function[{x, y, z, \[Theta], \[Phi], r},
ColorData["TemperatureMap"][
Rescale[f[\[Phi], \[Theta]], {-1, 1}]]]];
GraphicsRow[{p1, p2, p3}, ImageSize -> 750]
Thanks in advance for any insight you can offer.
Best,
John