[gradsusr] Question about fish_chi function

[Arlindo da Silva]

On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 3:49 PM, Thomas Robinson <ter at hawaii.edu> wrote:

> Aloha Arlindo da Silva,
>
> I am using the fish_chi funtion that you created for use in OpenGrADS.  On
> the website, when displaying the chi that is calculated, it says to display
> it as chi/1e6 .  Is that because the funtion calculates values that are 1e6
> off or is it for displaying purposes only so that the numbers are nicer?  I
> am curious because I plan on using fwrite to write the values off and I
> want to know if I should be dividing them by 1e6 before I do calculations
> or if I should just leave them the way they are.
>
>
These are the correct units. Dividing by 1e6 gives you whole numbers for
the colorbar, just aesthetics.

-- 
Arlindo da Silva
dasilva at alum.mit.edu
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