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dv2uvf

Computes the divergent (irrotational) wind components for a fixed grid via spherical harmonics.

Prototype

	procedure dv2uvf (
		dv  : numeric,          
		ud  : float or double,  
		vd  : float or double   
	)

Arguments

Divergence array (input, two or more dimensions, where the rightmost two dimensions must be lat x lon)

input values must be in ascending latitude order
input array must be on a global grid

Divergent zonal wind component (output, same dimensions as dv). The values will be in ascending latitude order.

Divergent meridional wind component (output, same dimensions as dv). The values will be in ascending latitude order.

Description

dv2uvf computes the divergent (irrotational) wind components given an array, dv, that contains divergence and is on a fixed grid. The results are returned in the arrays ud and vd.

This procedure does not handle missing values (defined by the _FillValue attribute). If any missing values are encountered in a particular 2D input grid, then all of the values in the corresponding output grids will be set to the missing value defined by the output grids' _FillValue attribute.

Note: For the arrays whose rightmost two dimensions are nlat x nlon, the rest of the dimensions (if any) are collectively referred to as N. If the input/output arrays are just two dimensions, then N can either be considered equal to 1 or nothing at all.

Arrays which have dimensions N x nlat x nlon should not include the cyclic (wraparound) points when invoking the procedures and functions which use spherical harmonics (Spherepack).

If the input array dv is on a gaussian grid, dv2uvg should be used. Also, note that dv2uvf is the procedural version of dv2uvF.

Examples

Example 1

dv is an array (on a fixed grid) dimensioned ntim x nlat x nlon, containing the divergence.

  ud    = new ( dimsizes(dv), typeof(dv))	; zonal divergent wind 
  vd    = new ( dimsizes(dv), typeof(dv))	; meridional divergent wind
  dv2uvf   (dv,ud,vd)        ; dv  ==> divergent wind components

Example 2

Read u/v from a netCDF file, compute divergence, and then compute the divergent (irrotational) wind components:

  a = addfile("UV300.nc","r")

  u = a->U      ;U is on a fixed grid, dimensioned nlat x nlon

  v = a->V      ;V is on a fixed grid, dimensioned nlat x nlon
  
  dv    = new ( dimsizes(u), typeof(u))  	; divergence
  ud    = new ( dimsizes(dv),typeof(dv))	; zonal divergent wind 
  vd    = new ( dimsizes(dv),typeof(dv))	; meridional divergent wind
  
  uv2dvf   (u,v,dv)          ; u,v ==> divergence
  dv2uvf   (dv,ud,vd)        ; dv  ==> divergent wind components

Errors

If jer or ker is equal to: