ucar.visad.quantities

Class GeopotentialAltitude.GeopotentialCoordinateSystem

java.lang.Object

visad.CoordinateSystem

ucar.visad.quantities.GeopotentialAltitude.GeopotentialCoordinateSystem

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

Enclosing class:

GeopotentialAltitude

public static final class GeopotentialAltitude.GeopotentialCoordinateSystem
extends visad.CoordinateSystem

Provides support for coordinate system transformations between geopotential altitude and altitude.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
GeopotentialCoordinateSystem(visad.Real gravity, visad.RealType reference, visad.Unit unit) Constructs from a value for gravity, an altitude reference type, and a geopotential altitude unit.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	equals(java.lang.Object object) Indicates if this instance equals an object.
double[][]	fromReference(double[][] values) Converts values from altitude to geopotential altitude.
float[][]	fromReference(float[][] values) Converts values from altitude to geopotential altitude.
double[][]	toReference(double[][] values) Converts values from geopotential altitude to altitude.
float[][]	toReference(float[][] values) Converts values from geopotential altitude to altitude.

Methods inherited from class visad.CoordinateSystem

canConvert, fromReference, fromReference, getCoordinateSystemUnits, getDimension, getReference, getReferenceUnits, 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

GeopotentialCoordinateSystem

public GeopotentialCoordinateSystem(visad.Real gravity,
                                    visad.RealType reference,
                                    visad.Unit unit)
                             throws visad.VisADException

Constructs from a value for gravity, an altitude reference type, and a geopotential altitude unit.

Parameters:

gravity - A value for gravity.

reference - An altitude reference type.

unit - A geopotential altitude unit.

Throws:

visad.VisADException - if a core VisAD failure occurs.

Method Detail

fromReference

public double[][] fromReference(double[][] values)
                         throws visad.VisADException

Converts values from altitude to geopotential altitude.

Specified by:

fromReference in class visad.CoordinateSystem

Parameters:

values - Altitude values.

Returns:

Corresponding geopotential altitude values.

Throws:

visad.VisADException - if a core VisAD failure occurs.

fromReference

public float[][] fromReference(float[][] values)
                        throws visad.VisADException

Converts values from altitude to geopotential altitude.

Overrides:

fromReference in class visad.CoordinateSystem

Parameters:

values - Altitude values.

Returns:

Corresponding geopotential altitude values.

Throws:

visad.VisADException - if a core VisAD failure occurs.

toReference

public double[][] toReference(double[][] values)
                       throws visad.VisADException

Converts values from geopotential altitude to altitude.

Specified by:

toReference in class visad.CoordinateSystem

Parameters:

values - Geopotential altitude values.

Returns:

Corresponding altitude values.

Throws:

visad.VisADException - if a core VisAD failure occurs.

toReference

public float[][] toReference(float[][] values)
                      throws visad.VisADException

Converts values from geopotential altitude to altitude.

Overrides:

toReference in class visad.CoordinateSystem

Parameters:

values - Geopotential altitude values.

Returns:

Corresponding altitude values.

Throws:

visad.VisADException - if a core VisAD failure occurs.

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object object)

Indicates if this instance equals an object.

Specified by:

equals in class visad.CoordinateSystem

Parameters:

object - The object.

Returns:

True if and only if this instance equals the object.