ucar.unidata.geoloc.vertical

Class OceanSigma

java.lang.Object

ucar.unidata.geoloc.vertical.VerticalTransformImpl

ucar.unidata.geoloc.vertical.OceanSigma

All Implemented Interfaces:

VerticalTransform

public class OceanSigma
extends VerticalTransformImpl

Create a 3D height(z,y,x) array using the CF formula for "ocean sigma vertical coordinate".

Author:

caron

See Also:

http://cf-pcmdi.llnl.gov/

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static String	DEPTH The "depth" variable name identifier
static String	ETA The eta variable name identifier
static String	SIGMA The "s" variable name identifier

Fields inherited from class ucar.unidata.geoloc.vertical.VerticalTransformImpl

units

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
OceanSigma(NetcdfFile ds, Dimension timeDim, List<Parameter> params) Create a new vertical transform for Ocean S coordinates

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
ArrayDouble.D3	getCoordinateArray(int timeIndex) Get the 3D vertical coordinate array for this time step.

Methods inherited from class ucar.unidata.geoloc.vertical.VerticalTransformImpl

getParameterBooleanValue, getParameterStringValue, getTimeDimension, getUnitString, isTimeDependent, readArray, subset

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

ETA

public static final String ETA

The eta variable name identifier

See Also:

Constant Field Values

SIGMA

public static final String SIGMA

The "s" variable name identifier

See Also:

Constant Field Values

DEPTH

public static final String DEPTH

The "depth" variable name identifier

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

OceanSigma

public OceanSigma(NetcdfFile ds,
          Dimension timeDim,
          List<Parameter> params)

Create a new vertical transform for Ocean S coordinates

Parameters:

ds - dataset

timeDim - time dimension

params - list of transformation Parameters

Method Detail

getCoordinateArray

public ArrayDouble.D3 getCoordinateArray(int timeIndex)
                                  throws IOException,
                                         InvalidRangeException

Get the 3D vertical coordinate array for this time step.

Specified by:

getCoordinateArray in interface VerticalTransform

Specified by:

getCoordinateArray in class VerticalTransformImpl

Parameters:

timeIndex - the time index. Ignored if !isTimeDependent().

Returns:

vertical coordinate array

Throws:

IOException - problem reading data

InvalidRangeException - _more_