ucar.unidata.view.sounding

Class DryTemperatureCalculator

java.lang.Object

ucar.unidata.view.sounding.DryTemperatureCalculator

All Implemented Interfaces:

TemperatureCalculator

public class DryTemperatureCalculator
extends java.lang.Object
implements TemperatureCalculator

Provides support for calculating the dry portion of the pseud-adiabatic trajectory of a lifted parcel of air.

Version:

$Id: DryTemperatureCalculator.java,v 1.11 2005/05/13 18:33:29 jeffmc Exp $

Author:

Steven R. Emmerson

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
DryTemperatureCalculator(visad.Real startPressure, visad.Real startTemperature) Constructs from a starting pressure and temperature.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
visad.Real	nextTemperature(visad.Real nextPressure) Returns the next temperature associated with the next, lower pressure.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DryTemperatureCalculator

public DryTemperatureCalculator(visad.Real startPressure,
                                visad.Real startTemperature)
                         throws visad.TypeException,
                                visad.VisADException,
                                java.rmi.RemoteException

Constructs from a starting pressure and temperature.

Parameters:

startPressure - The starting pressure.

startTemperature - The starting temperature.

Throws:

visad.TypeException - Something has the wrong type.

visad.VisADException - VisAD failure.

java.rmi.RemoteException - Java RMI failure.

Method Detail

nextTemperature

public visad.Real nextTemperature(visad.Real nextPressure)
                           throws visad.TypeException,
                                  visad.UnitException,
                                  visad.VisADException,
                                  java.rmi.RemoteException

Returns the next temperature associated with the next, lower pressure.

Specified by:

nextTemperature in interface TemperatureCalculator

Parameters:

nextPressure - The next, lower pressure.

Returns:

The next temperature.

Throws:

visad.UnitException - Invalid argument unit.

visad.TypeException - Invalid argument type.

visad.VisADException - VisAD failure.

java.rmi.RemoteException - Java RMI failure.