ucar.unidata.view.sounding

Class AerologicalCoordinateSystem

java.lang.Object

visad.CoordinateSystem

ucar.unidata.view.sounding.AerologicalCoordinateSystem

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

EmagramCoordinateSystem, SkewTCoordinateSystem, StuveCoordinateSystem

public abstract class AerologicalCoordinateSystem
extends visad.CoordinateSystem

Provides support for converting between the (x,y) coordinates on a thermodynamic diagram and (pressure,temperature) coordinates.

Instances of this class are immutable.

Version:

$Id: AerologicalCoordinateSystem.java,v 1.11 2005/05/13 18:33:22 jeffmc Exp $

Author:

Steven R. Emmerson

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor and Description
protected	AerologicalCoordinateSystem(visad.RealTupleType reference, visad.Unit[] units) Constructs from a reference vector space and units.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
abstract AerologicalCoordinateSystem	createDisplayCoordinateSystem(AerologicalCoordinateSystem acs) Create a 3D spatial coordinateSystem from the existing one.
abstract visad.Real	getMaximumPressure() Gets the maximum pressure.
abstract visad.Real	getMaximumTemperature() Gets the maximum temperature.
abstract visad.Real	getMaximumX() Gets the maximum X coordinate.
abstract visad.Real	getMaximumY() Gets the maximum Y coordinate.
abstract visad.Real	getMinimumPressure() Gets the minimum pressure.
abstract visad.Real	getMinimumTemperature() Gets the minimum temperature.
abstract visad.Real	getMinimumX() Gets the minimum X coordinate.
abstract visad.Real	getMinimumY() Gets the minimum Y coordinate.

Methods inherited from class visad.CoordinateSystem

canConvert, equals, fromReference, fromReference, fromReference, fromReference, getCoordinateSystemUnits, getDimension, getReference, getReferenceUnits, toReference, toReference, toReference, toReference, transformCoordinates, transformCoordinates, transformCoordinates, transformCoordinates, transformCoordinatesFreeUnits, transformCoordinatesFreeUnits

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

AerologicalCoordinateSystem

protected AerologicalCoordinateSystem(visad.RealTupleType reference,
                                      visad.Unit[] units)
                               throws visad.VisADException

Constructs from a reference vector space and units.

Parameters:

reference - The reference vector space.

units - The units of this vector space.

Throws:

visad.VisADException - VisAD failure.

Method Detail

getMinimumX

public abstract visad.Real getMinimumX()

Gets the minimum X coordinate.

Returns:

The minimum X coordinate.

getMaximumX

public abstract visad.Real getMaximumX()

Gets the maximum X coordinate.

Returns:

The maximum X coordinate.

getMinimumY

public abstract visad.Real getMinimumY()

Gets the minimum Y coordinate.

Returns:

The minimum Y coordinate.

getMaximumY

public abstract visad.Real getMaximumY()

Gets the maximum Y coordinate.

Returns:

The maximum Y coordinate.

getMinimumPressure

public abstract visad.Real getMinimumPressure()

Gets the minimum pressure.

Returns:

The minimum pressure.

getMaximumPressure

public abstract visad.Real getMaximumPressure()

Gets the maximum pressure.

Returns:

The maximum pressure.

getMinimumTemperature

public abstract visad.Real getMinimumTemperature()

Gets the minimum temperature.

Returns:

The minimum temperature.

getMaximumTemperature

public abstract visad.Real getMaximumTemperature()

Gets the maximum temperature.

Returns:

The maximum temperature.

createDisplayCoordinateSystem

public abstract AerologicalCoordinateSystem createDisplayCoordinateSystem(AerologicalCoordinateSystem acs)
                                                                   throws visad.VisADException

Create a 3D spatial coordinateSystem from the existing one.

Parameters:

acs - existing coordinate system

Returns:

3D version of acs

Throws:

visad.VisADException - illegal type or unable to create CS