ucar.unidata.geoloc.vertical
Class WRFEta

java.lang.Object
  extended by ucar.unidata.geoloc.vertical.VerticalTransformImpl
      extended by ucar.unidata.geoloc.vertical.WRFEta
All Implemented Interfaces:
VerticalTransform

public class WRFEta
extends VerticalTransformImpl

Models the vertical coordinate for the Weather Research and Forecast (WRF) model's vertical Eta coordinate

Author:
IDV Development Team

Field Summary
static String BaseGeopotentialVariable
           
static String BasePressureVariable
           
static String IsStaggeredX
           
static String IsStaggeredY
           
static String IsStaggeredZ
           
static String PerturbationGeopotentialVariable
           
static String PerturbationPressureVariable
           
 
Fields inherited from class ucar.unidata.geoloc.vertical.VerticalTransformImpl
units
 
Constructor Summary
WRFEta(NetcdfFile ds, Dimension timeDim, List<Parameter> params)
          Construct a vertical coordinate for the Weather Research and Forecast (WRF) model's vertical Eta coordinate
 
Method Summary
 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

BasePressureVariable

public static final String BasePressureVariable
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PerturbationPressureVariable

public static final String PerturbationPressureVariable
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BaseGeopotentialVariable

public static final String BaseGeopotentialVariable
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PerturbationGeopotentialVariable

public static final String PerturbationGeopotentialVariable
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IsStaggeredX

public static final String IsStaggeredX
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IsStaggeredY

public static final String IsStaggeredY
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IsStaggeredZ

public static final String IsStaggeredZ
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Constructor Detail

WRFEta

public WRFEta(NetcdfFile ds,
              Dimension timeDim,
              List<Parameter> params)
Construct a vertical coordinate for the Weather Research and Forecast (WRF) model's vertical Eta coordinate

Parameters:
ds - netCDF dataset
timeDim - time dimension
params - list of transformation Parameters
Method Detail

getCoordinateArray

public ArrayDouble.D3 getCoordinateArray(int timeIndex)
                                  throws IOException
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


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