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monthly_total_to_daily_mean

Convert monthly total values [e.g., precipitation] to "per day" values.

Prototype

load "$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/contributed.ncl"  ; This library is automatically loaded
                                                             ; from NCL V6.2.0 onward.
                                                             ; No need for user to explicitly load.

	function monthly_total_to_daily_mean (
		yyyymm [*] : numeric,  
		x          : numeric,  
		opt    [1] : integer   
	)

Arguments

yyyymm

Year-month dates [e.g., 198401,198402,...]. This must be the same size as the "time" dimension of x.

x

An array containing monthly values. Typically, this is monthly precipitation totals. The "time" dimension must be the leftmost dimension if there are multiple dimensions.

opt

Currently, not used. Set to zero [0].

Return value

Returns an array the same size as x. All values have been divided by the number of days in a month.

Description

Typical usage is that an array of monthly precipitation totals (e.g., mm) are input. Each value is divided by the number of days in the month to return mm/day. Leap year Februaries use 29 days.

See Also

month_to_season

Examples

Example 1

An array of monthly precipitation totals [mm] is to be converted to mm/day. Typically, the array takes the form prc(time), prc(time,stations) or prc(time,lat,lon).

           prc_day = monthly_total_to_daily_mean(yyyymm, prc, 0)