xticks showing latitude and longitude

I have 3-dim atmospheric data of which I want to plot a vertical cross section. Getting the cross section data and plotting it is no problem, just the ticks give me headache. I want the x-axis to show me the location with both latitude and longitude, preferably longitude below the latitude. How can I customize the xticks so that they exactly show that?

Answer 1

[Iain]

set(axis_handle,'YTickLabel',{label1,label2...})

Coming up with the labels is up to you.

[peter]

Thanks. In principle that works. However, if I want the longitudes for the ticks below the values for latitude, how to do that?

[Iain]

I'm not sure theres a latex character for new line - if there is, make sure it is part of the label. If not, try carriage return and linefeed (char(13) and char(10) respectively).

[peter]

I tried char(10) and char(13), no luck. Acc. to help pages, tick labels do not interpret TeX sequences.

Answer 2

[José-Luis]

aH = axes;
h = plot(aH,rand(10,1));

set(aH,'XTick',1:2:10);
set(aH,'XTickLabel',[]);
oneTick = ['Lookee up' char(10) 'Lookee down']; %char(10) is return of carriage
your_labels = cell(1,5);

y_lim = get(aH,'YLim');
y_offset = y_lim(1) - diff(y_lim)/15; %This is the tricky bit, to get it looking right you have to set a good offset
your_labels(:) = {oneTick}; %you could place your labels in a cell array

counter = 1;
for ii = get(aH,'XTick')
    text(ii,y_offset,your_labels{counter},...
        'HorizontalAlignment','center',...
        'Interpreter','latex');
    counter = counter + 1;
end

Please accept an answer if it helps you.

[peter]

Thanks! It seems that one can only accept one answer, even though both have been helpful. And this one even does the trick with the linebreak.