Re: computing divergence of QuikScat swath data

Hi Guillaume

I know of no software that allows the computation of
divergence or vorticity on non-fixed grids.

If you develop a function [NCL, C, fortran subroutine],
we could build it into NCL.

D

guillaume mauger wrote:
>
> Hello all,
>
> Has anyone used ncl to compute divergence of QuikScat swath data?
>
> The crux of the issue is that the swath data is on an angled,
> non-fixed grid, meaning that
> a) rows and columns of U,V,Lat,Long do not align with the cardinal
> directions, and
> b) each point in the U,V arrays has a different Lat and Long (e.g: the
> Lat/Long arrays are 2-D and unevenly spaced).
>
> It will be fairly straightforward to write a routine to do this, but
> first wanted to check: Are there any existing ncl routines that do
> this? I haven't found any in the documentation.
>
> Thanks,
> Guillaume
>

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Received on Fri Apr 04 2008 - 06:52:05 MDT