Re: line integration

Hi,
Thanks for the reply.
It worked.

Thank you,
Bithi

On 8/13/13, Dennis Shea <shea@ucar.edu> wrote:
> Rather than:
> L = sum((Qv1*dx_1)+Qu2*dy+(Qv2*dx_2)+Qu1*dy)
>
> The 'x' and 'y' paths are not the same size.
> Do a printVarSummary(...) of each term to verify.
> That is what led to the error.
> ===
>
> You should add each track separately.
>
>
> Arrays dimensioned: [12] x [32] x [lon | 144] x [lat | 73]
>
> Qu1 = Quu(:,:,{270},{60:80}) * dy ; (:,:,:)
> Qu2 = Quu(:,:,{357},{60:80}) * dy
> Qv1 = Qvv(:,:,{270:357},{60})* dx_1
> Qv2 = Qvv(:,:,{270:357},{80})* dx_2
>
> L1 = dim_sum_n(Qv1, 2) ; left->right
> L2 = dim_sum_n(Qu2, 2) ; up
> L3 = dim_sum_n(Qv2, 2) : right->left
> L4 = dim_sum_n(Qu1, 2) ; down
>
> L = L1 + L2+ L3 + L4 ; L(12,32)
>
> ==================================================
>
> ine integration: answer = SUM[q(i)*dlen(i)]
>
> For a rectilinear grid and traversing in a counter-clockwise manner:
>
> <= left
>
> + + + + 60
>
> + + 50
> | ^
> down + + lat | 40
> up
> + + 30
>
> + + + + 20
>
> lon =>
>
> 130 140 150 160
>
> Q(time,lev,lat,lon)
>
> Here is a crude approach for a rectilinear grid.
> This assumes dx is he same at each latitude and dy
> is constant
>
> Q1 = dim_sum_n( Q(:,:,{20},{130:160})*dx({20}), 2) ; left->right
> Q2 = dim_sum_n( Q(:,:,{20:60},{160}) *dy) , 2) ; up
> Q3 = dim_sum_n( Q(:,:,{60},{130:160})*dx(60) , 2) : right->left
> Q4 = dim_sum_n( Q(:,:,{20:60},{130}) *dy) , 2) ; down
>
> QQ = Q1 + Q2+ Q3 + Q4 ; QQ(ntime,lev)
>
> Circulation: U(time,lev,lat,lon), V(time,lev,lat,lon)
>
> C1 = dim_sum_n( U(:,:,{20},{130:160})*dx({20}, 2) ; right->left
> C2 = dim_sum_n( V(:,:,{20:60},{160}) *dy) , 2) ; up
> C3 = dim_sum_n( U(:,:,{60},{130:160})*dx(60) , 2) : left->right
> C4 = dim_sum_n( V(:,:,{20:60},{130}) *dy) , 2) ; down
>
> C = C1 + C2+ C3 + C4 ; C(ntime)
>
> On 8/13/13 2:07 PM, Bithi De wrote:
>> Hi,
>> Thanks Dennis for the reply.
>> Let me explain my question clearly.
>>
>> * I have rectilinear grid.
>> * I have U-component and V-component at each grid point , with print
>> variable summary like this: (where 12= no. of months and 32= no. of
>> years)
>>
>> Variable: Qvv
>> Type: float
>> Total Size: 16146432 bytes
>> 4036608 values
>> Number of Dimensions: 4
>> Dimensions and sizes: [12] x [32] x [lon | 144] x [lat | 73]
>> Coordinates:
>> lon: [ 0..357.5]
>> lat: [90..-90]
>> Number Of Attributes: 1
>> _FillValue : 9.96921e+36
>>
>>
>> Variable: Quu
>> Type: float
>> Total Size: 16146432 bytes
>> 4036608 values
>> Number of Dimensions: 4
>> Dimensions and sizes: [12] x [32] x [lon | 144] x [lat | 73]
>> Coordinates:
>> lon: [ 0..357.5]
>> lat: [90..-90]
>> Number Of Attributes: 1
>> _FillValue : 9.96921e+36
>>
>>
>>
>> * I want to calculate line integration along the east, west boundary
>> of an area for u component and line integration along the south and
>> north boundary of an area for v component.
>> I tried like the following:
>>
>> re = 6.37122e06
>> rad = 4.0* atan(1.0) / 180.0
>> con = re * rad
>> clat = cos(lat * rad) ; cosine of latitude
>>
>> dlon = (lon(2) - lon(1))
>> dlat = (lat(2) - lat(1))
>> dx = con * dlon * clat ; dx at each latitude
>> dy = con * dlat ; dy is constant
>>
>>
>> dx1 = conform(Quu,dx,3)
>> dx1!3 = "lat"
>> dx1!2 = "lon"
>> dx1&lat = lat
>> dx1&lon = lon
>> printVarSummary(dx1)
>> printVarSummary(dy)
>>
>>
>>
>> ;***********************************************************************************
>> ; transport across the boundary of the region
>>
>> ;***********************************************************************************
>>
>> Qu1 = Quu(:,:,{270},{60:80}) ;quu component value across east
>> boundary at longitude 270
>> printVarSummary (Qu1)
>>
>> Qu2 = Quu(:,:,{357},{60:80}) ;quu component value across west
>> boundary at longitude 357.5
>> printVarSummary (Qu2)
>>
>> Qv1 = Qvv(:,:,{270:357},{60}) ;Qvv component across
>> south boundary at latitude 60
>> Qv2 = Qvv(:,:,{270:357},{80}) ;Qvv component across
>> north boundary at latitude 80
>> printVarSummary (Qv1)
>>
>> printVarSummary (Qv2)
>>
>>
>> dx_1=dx1(:,:,{270:357},{60})
>> dx_2=dx1(:,:,{270:357},{80})
>> printVarSummary (dx_1)
>> printVarSummary (dx_2)
>>
>> L = sum((Qv1*dx_1)+Qu2*dy+(Qv2*dx_2)+Qu1*dy)
>>
>> For calculating L, I am getting an error like this:
>> fatal:Plus: Dimension size, for dimension number 2, of operands does
>> not match, can't continue
>>
>> Did I calculate dx and dy in wrong way? What should be the right
>> approach?
>> Thanks for your time.
>> Bithi
>>
>>
>> On 8/12/13, Dennis Shea <shea@ucar.edu> wrote:
>>> Hi Bithi,
>>>
>>> This is offline. Respond to ncl-talk@ucar.edu only
>>>
>>> I hesitate to answer because I am very busy and I do
>>> not have a lot of time to answer ncl-talk questions.
>>>
>>> What type of grid do you have? rectilinear or curvilinear?
>>>
>>> What have *you* tried? We at ncl-talk sometimes feel people
>>> want us to write the code for them. We do not have the time.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> <= left
>>>
>>> + + + + 60
>>>
>>> + + 50
>>> |
>>> down + + lat up 40
>>>
>>> + + 30
>>>
>>> + + + + 20
>>>
>>> lon =>
>>>
>>> 130 140 150 160
>>>
>>> You have U and V at each grid point. Usually, you must go
>>> counter clockwise around for the circulation theorm.
>>>
>>> U(time,lat,lon), V(time,lat,lon)
>>>
>>> Here is a crude approach for a rectilinear grid.
>>>
>>>
>>> C = sum( U(:,{20},{130:160})*dx({20}) \
>>> +V(:,{20:60},{160}) *dy) \
>>> +U(:,{60},{130:160})*dx(60) \
>>> +V(:,{20:60},{130}) +dy )
>>>
>>> C(ntim)
>>>
>>>
>>> Please ask your advisor or a colleague.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 8/9/13 6:02 PM, Bithi De wrote:
>>>> Hi All,
>>>> Is it possible to calculate line integration using NCL? I need to
>>>> calculate line integration along each boundary of an area.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks .
>>>> Bithi
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>

-- 
Bithi De
Graduate Student , Research Assistant
International Arctic Research Center , University of Alaska Fairbanks
Fairbanks , Alaska -99775
USA
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