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dim_max_n

Finds the maximum of a variable's given dimensions at all other dimensions.

Available in version 5.1.1 and later.

Prototype

	function dim_max_n (
		x        : numeric,  
		dims [*] : integer   
	)

	return_val  :  typeof(x)

Arguments

x

A variable of numeric type and any dimensionality.

dims

The dimension(s) of x on which to take the maximum. Must be consecutive and monotonically increasing.

Return value

The output dimensionality will be the same as all but dims's dimensions of the input variable. The dimension rank of the input variable will be reduced by the rank of dims.

Description

The dim_max_n function determines the maximum of all elements in the dimensions indicated by dims for each index of the remaining dimensions. Missing values are ignored.

See Also

min, max, dim_min, dim_max, dim_min_n, dim_avg, dim_median, dim_num, dim_product, dim_rmsd, dim_rmvmean, dim_rmvmed, dim_standardize, dim_stat4, dim_stddev, dim_sum, dim_variance, copy_VarMeta

Examples

Example 1

Create a variable (q) of size (3,5,10) array. Then determine the maximum of the rightmost dimension. 

    q    = random_uniform(-20,100,(/3,5,10/))
    qMax = dim_max_n(q,2)   ;==>  qMax(3,5)
Note: when operating across the rightmost dimension, it is simpler to use dim_max.

Example 2

Let x be of size (ntim,nlat,mlon) and with named dimensions "time", "lat" and "lon", respectively. Then, for each time and latitude, the maximum longitude value may be obtained via: 

    xMaxLon = dim_max_n( x, 2 )    ; ==> xMaxLon(ntim,nlat)
Example 3

Let x be defined as in Example 2: x(time,lat,lon). Determine the maximum value over all time at each latitude/longitude grid point. 

    xMaxTime = dim_max_n( x, 0 )    ; ==> xMaxTime(nlat,nlon)
Example 4

Let x be x(time,lev,lat,lon). Determine the maximum value over all lat/lon values at each time/level grid point. 

    xMax = dim_max_n( x, (/2,3/))  ; ==> xMax(nlev,ntim)