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20050920: Gempak - GFUNC

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  • Subject: 20050920: Gempak - GFUNC
  • Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 14:40:35 -0600
Matthew,

GFUNC is defined to be 128 characaters by default, not 72.
This is defined at compile time in LLMXLN in gemprm.h and GEMPRM.PRM.

You can apply a 5 or 9 point smoother using sm5s()or sm9s() to
smooth the fields.

Steve Chiswell


>From: "Matthew Greenstein" <address@hidden>
>Organization: UCAR/Unidata
>Keywords: 200509201822.j8KIMi2R007504

>Institution: University at Albany
>Package Version: 5.7.4
>Operating System: Linux
>Hardware Information: --
>Inquiry: I understand that GFUNC can be no longer than 72 characters and that 
> breaking it into intermediate steps via gddiag is the recommended way to comp
> ute long equations.  Unfortunately, I'm working with NARR data and need to us
> e an IJSKIP=1/1 in order to clean up the noisy data.  So, if I were to calcul
> ate my formulae with gddiag without skipping  grid points, I end up with a ve
> ry messy field.  So, is there a way to increase the length of GFUNC or use an
>  IJSKIP in gddiag?  Or is there an other way to circumvent this issue?  Thank
>  you very much for your time.
>
>
>
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