[gradsusr] Grads vertical derivative error with cdiff

Arlindo da Silva dasilva at alum.mit.edu
Tue May 8 00:25:39 EDT 2012


On Sun, May 6, 2012 at 9:44 PM, Jeff Duda <jeffduda319 at gmail.com> wrote:

> You can't use cdiff in the vertical.  You must calculate the derivative
> using a manual centered difference.  For example, 'd
> 0.5*(geopot(z+1)-geopot(z-1))'
>
>
If you are using opengrads, there are functions designed for computing
vertical advection, see

    ADVECTION FUNCTIONS<http://opengrads.org/doc/udxt/libbjt/libbjt.html#advection_functions>


  Arlindo


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Arlindo da Silva
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