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rmMonAnnCycTLL

Removes the annual cycle from "monthly" data.

Prototype

load "$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/contributed.ncl"

	function rmMonAnnCycTLL (
		x [*][*][*] : float or double   
	)

	return_val [dimsizes(x)] :  typeof(x)

Arguments

x

A three-dimensional array of monthly values, dimensioned time x lat x lon. The time dimension must be a multiple of 12.

Return value

The results are returned in an array of the same type and dimensionality as x. If the input data contains metadata, these will be retained.

Description

This function removes the annual cycle from month (number of months = 12) data and subtracts the long term means from each month.

See Also

rmMonAnnCycLLT, rmMonAnnCycTLL, rmMonAnnCycLLLT