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ilapsF

Inverts the Laplacian (on a fixed grid) using spherical harmonics.

Prototype

	function ilapsF (
		zlap    : numeric,  
		zlmbda  : numeric   
	)

	return_val [dimsizes(zlap)] :  float or double

Arguments

zlap

An array of two or more dimensions containing the Laplacian values to invert. Last two dimensions must be lat and lon. Values must be in ascending latitudinal order. Grid must be global.

zlmbda

A constant if zlap is two-dimensional. If zlap has three or more dimensions then zlmbda must be the same size as zlap minus the rightmost two dimensions.

Return value

An array of the same size as zlap. Double if zlap or zlmbda is double, float otherwise.

Description

Inverts the Laplacian (on a fixed grid) using spherical harmonics. Missing values are not allowed.

If zlmbda is identically zero, the poisson equation is solved. Otherwise, the Helmholtz equation is solved.

Should not include the cyclic (wraparound) points. This is a restriction of the spherical harmonic (Spherepack) routines. Here is an example of passing in a two-dimensional array in which the last longitude point is left out.

    z = sample ( x(:,0:nlon-2) )            ; does not include cyclic points

If zlap is on a gaussian grid, ilapsG should be used. Also, note that ilapsF is the function version of ilapsf.

Use ilapsF_Wrap if retention of metadata is desired.

Examples

Example 1

Read Z (on a fixed grid) from a netCDF file and compute the inverse laplacian, solving the Poisson equation (k=0):

load "$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/gsn_code.ncl"
load "$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/gsn_csm.ncl"
begin
   a = addfile("/cgd/cas/shea/MURPHYS/ATMOS/80.fixed.nc","r")
   z200 = a->Z(0,{189.},:,:)			; z200 is dimensioned nlat x nlon
   printVarSummary(z200)
   ilapl = ilapsF(z200,0)
end

Example 2

Read Z (on a fixed grid) from a netCDF file and compute the inverse laplacian, solving the Poisson equation (k=0). Use ilapsF_Wrap to retain the metadata. Note that contributed.ncl needs to be loaded to use ilapsF_Wrap.

load "$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/gsn_code.ncl"
load "$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/gsn_csm.ncl"
load "$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/contributed.ncl"
begin
   a = addfile("/cgd/cas/shea/MURPHYS/ATMOS/80.fixed.nc","r")
   z200 = a->Z(0,{189.},:,:)			; z200 is dimensioned nlat x nlon
   printVarSummary(z200)
   ilapl = ilapsF_Wrap(z200,0)
end

Errors

If jer or ker is equal to:

1 : error in the specification of nlat
2 : error in the specification of nlon
4 : error in the specification of N (jer only)