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local_max_1d

Determines the relative maxima for a 1-dimensional array.

Available in version 4.2.0.a033 and later.

Prototype

load "$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/contributed.ncl"

	function local_max_1d (
		x     [*] : numeric,  
		cyclic    : logical,  
		delta [1] : numeric,  
		iopt  [1] : integer   
	)

Arguments

x

A one-dimensional (1D) numeric array.

cyclic

A logical value indicating if x is cyclic [=True] or not [=False].

delta

Tolerance level (positive). If values are within delta of surrounding values it will not be counted as a local maximum value.

iopt

An integer value indicating what is to be returned. iopt=0 means return the maximum values. iopt.ne.0 means return the indices [subscripts] where maximum values occured.

Return value

If iopt=0 then a 1D array containing the relative maxima is returned. Otherwise a 1D array containing the indices (subscripts) where the maxima are returned.

Description

Each element of x is checked against adjacent points to see if the difference exceeds delta.

See Also

local_min_1d

Examples

Example 1 

           qmax = local_max_1d(q, False,  0.25, 0)
or 
           imax = local_max_1d(q, False,  0.25, 1)
           if (.not.ismissing(imax)) then
               qmax = q(imax)
               zmax = z(imax)   ; z where q is at a maximum
           end if