# obspy.taup.tau.plot_ray_paths

`plot_ray_paths`(source_depth, min_degrees=0, max_degrees=360, npoints=10, plot_type='spherical', phase_list=['P', 'S', 'PP'], model='iasp91', plot_all=True, legend=False, label_arrivals=False, verbose=False, fig=None, show=True, ax=None)

  Plot ray paths for seismic phases.

  Parameters: | source_depth (float) Source depth in kilometers. min_degrees (float) minimum distance from the source (in degrees). max_degrees (float) maximum distance from the source (in degrees). npoints (int) Number of receivers to plot. plot_type (str) type of plot to create. phase_list (list of str) List of phase names. model (str) Model name. plot_all (bool) By default all rays, even those travelling in the other direction and thus arriving at a distance of 360 - x degrees are shown. Set this to `False` to only show rays arriving at exactly x degrees. legend (bool) Whether or not to show the legend label_arrivals (bool) Label the arrivals with their respective phase names. This setting is only useful if you are plotting a single phase as otherwise the names could be large and possibly overlap or clip. Consider using the `legend` parameter instead if you are plotting multiple phases. verbose (bool) Whether to print information about selected phases that were not encountered at individual epicentral distances. fig (`matplotlib.figure.Figure`) Figure to plot into. If not given, a new figure instance will be created. show (bool) Show the plot. ax (`matplotlib.axes.Axes`) Axes to plot in. If not given, a new figure with an axes will be created.
  Returns: | Matplotlib axes with the plot
  Return type: | `matplotlib.axes.Axes`

  Example

      >>> from obspy.taup.tau import plot_ray_paths
      >>> import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
      >>> fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(10, 10), subplot_kw=dict(polar=True))
      >>> ax = plot_ray_paths(source_depth=10, plot_type="spherical",
      ...                     ax=ax, fig=fig, legend=True,
      ...                     phase_list=['P', 'S', 'PP'], verbose=True)
      There were rays for all but the following epicentral distances:
       [0.0, 360.0]

  from obspy.taup.tau import plot_ray_paths import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

  fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(10, 10), subplot_kw=dict(polar=True)) ax = plot_ray_paths(source_depth=10, plot_type=”spherical”,

  > ax=ax, fig=fig, legend=True, phase_list=[‘P’,’S’,’PP’])

### Thank you!

We would like to thank our contributors, whose efforts make this software what it is. These people have helped by writing code and documentation, and by testing. They have created and maintained this product, its associated libraries and applications, our build tools and our web sites.

#### Contributors

- Ackerley, Nick
- Allgeyer, Sebastien
- Ammon, Charles J.
- Antunes, Emanuel
- Arnarsson, Ólafur St.
- Bank, Markus
- Barsch, Robert
- Behr, Yannik
- Bernardi, Fabrizio
- Bernauer, Felix
- Bes de Berc, Maxime
- Beyreuther, Moritz
- Boltz, Shawn
- Bonaimé, Sébastien
- Carothers, Lloyd
- Chamberlain, Calum
- Chambers, Derrick
- Chen, Zhao
- Clark, Adam
- Danecek, Peter
- Egdorf, Sven
- Engels, Fabian
- Ermert, Laura
- Eulenfeld, Tom

- Fabbri, Tommaso
- Falco, Nicholas
- Fee, Jeremy
- Grellier, Clément
- Grunberg, Marc
- Hammer, Conny
- Heimann, Sebastian
- Heiniger, Lukas
- Hope, Gaute
- Igel, Heiner
- Inza, Adolfo
- Isken, Marius
- Ketchum, David
- Koymans, Mathijs
- Kremers, Simon
- Kress, Victor
- Krieger, Lars
- Krischer, Lion
- Kula, Damian
- Käufl, Paul
- Köhler, Andreas
- Lecocq, Thomas
- Leeman, John
- Legovini, Paride

- Lesage, Philippe
- Li, Yulin
- Lomax, Anthony
- Lopes, Rui L.
- MacCarthy, Jonathan
- Maggi, Alessia
- Martin, Henri
- Medlin, Andrew
- Megies, Tobias
- Meschede, Matthias
- Michelini, Alberto
- Miller, Nathaniel C.
- Morgenstern, Bernhard
- Nof, Ran Novitsky
- Panning, Mark P.
- Parker, Tom
- Pestourie, Romain
- Rapagnani, Giovanni
- Reyes, Celso
- Ringler, Adam
- Rothenhäusler, Nicolas
- Russo, Emiliano
- Sales de Andrade, Elliott

- Satriano, Claudio
- Saul, Joachim
- Scheingraber, Chris
- Schneider, Simon
- Sippl, Christian
- Snoke, Arthur
- Stange, Stefan
- Stähler, Simon C.
- Sullivan, Benjamin
- Tian, Dongdong
- Trabant, Chad
- Trani, Luca
- Uieda, Leonardo
- Walker, Andrew
- Walther, Marcus
- Wassermann, Joachim
- Williams, Mark C.
- Winkelman, Andrew
- Zaccarelli, Riccardo
- Zad, Seyed Kasra Hosseini
- Zhu, Lijun
- van Driel, Martin
- van Wijk, Kasper

#### Funds

ObsPy was partially funded by the

- German Science Foundation (DFG) via grant DFG IG 16/9-1
- German Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF), GEOTECHNOLOGIEN grant 03G0646H.
- NERA project (Network of European Research Infrastructures for Earthquake Risk Assessment and Mitigation) under the European Community's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) grant agreement n° 262330
- Leibniz Institute for Applied Geophysics (LIAG)
- VERCE EU-FP7 project (no. 283543)