NAME

       c_ftsurf - 2D tension spline interpolation of rectangular data

FUNCTION PROTOTYPE

       float *c_ftsurf (int, int, float *, float *, float *,
                        int, int, float *, float *, int *);

SYNOPSIS

       float *c_ftsurf (mi, ni, xi, yi, zi, mo, no, xo, yo, ier);

DESCRIPTION

       mi          The number of grid lines in the X direction. (mi > 1)

       ni          The number of grid lines in the Y direction. (ni > 1)

       xi          Pointer to an array containing m X coordinates for grid lines in the X direction.

       yi          Pointer to an array containing n Y coordinates for grid lines in the Y direction.

       zi          Pointer  to m x n floats which are the functional values at the grid points defined by xi and
                   yi.

       mo          The number of output values in the X direction.

       no          The number of output values in the Y direction.

       ier         The value *ier is an error flag as per:

                     = 0 -- no error.
                     = 1 -- if n is less than 2 or m is less than 2.
                     = 2 -- if X or Y values are not strictly increasing.

RETURN VALUE

       c_ftsurf returns a pointer to an array containing mo x no floats which are the interpolated values on the
       grid specified by the arrays xo and yo.

USAGE

       This procedure calculates an interpolatory surface passing through a rectangular grid of function values.
       The surface computed is a tensor product of splines under tension.

       c_ftsurf is called after all of the desired values  for  control  parameters  have  been  set  using  the
       procedures  c_ftseti,  c_ftsetr,  c_ftsetc, c_ftsetfa. The control parameters that apply to c_ftsurf are:
       sig, zx1, zxm, zy1, zyn, z11, zm1, z1n, zmn, df1, df2, df3, df4, df5, df6, df7, df8

       The value for the parameter sig specifies the tension factor.  Values near zero result in a cubic spline;
       large values (e.g. 50) result in nearly a polygonal line. A typical value is 1. (the default).

       zx1  is  an array containing n X-partial derivatives of the function along the line xi[0], that is zx1[j]
       is the X-partial derivative at point (x[0],y[j]) for j=0,n-1. This parameter may be defaulted by  setting
       the  value  for  df1  appropriately.  The default is to compute zx1 internally. Values for zx1 can be set
       using the procedure c_ftsetfa.

       zxm is an array containing n X-partial derivatives of the function along the line xi[m-1], that is zxm[j]
       is  the  X-partial  derivative  at  point (xi[m-1],yi[j]) for j=0,n-1. This parameter may be defaulted by
       setting the value for df2 appropriately. The default is to compute zx2 internally. Values for zxm can  be
       set using the procedure c_ftsetfa.

       zy1  is  an array containing m Y-partial derivatives of the function along the line yi[0], that is zy1[j]
       is the Y-partial derivative at point (x[i],y[0]) for i=0,m-1. This parameter may be defaulted by  setting
       the  value  for  df3  appropriately.  The default is to compute zy1 internally. Values for zy1 can be set
       using the procedure c_ftsetfa.

       zyn is an array containing m Y-partial derivatives of the function along the line yi[n-1], that is zyn[j]
       is  the  Y-partial  derivative  at  point  (x[i],y[n-1])  for i=0,m-1. This parameter may be defaulted by
       setting the value for df4 appropriately. The default is to compute zyn internally. Values for zyn can  be
       set using the procedure c_ftsetfa.

       z11,  zm1,  z1n,  zmn  specify X-Y-partial derivatives of the function at the four corners (xi[0],yi[0]),
       (xi[m-1],yi[0]), (xi[0],yi[n-1]), (xi[m-1],yi[n-1]), These parameters may be  defaulted  by  setting  the
       values for df5, df6, df7, df8, appropriately. The default is to compute z11, zm1, z1n, zmn internally.

ACCESS

       To use c_ftsurf, load the NCAR Graphics library ngmath.

SEE ALSO

       fitgrid_params, c_ftseti, c_ftsetr, c_ftsetc.

       Complete documentation for Fitgrid is available at URL
       http://ngwww.ucar.edu/ngdoc/ng/ngmath/fitgrid/fithome.html

COPYRIGHT

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       University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

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