man c_csa3ls (3): cubic spline approximation, simple entry for three-dimensional input, list output

FUNCTION PROTOTYPE

float *c_csa3ls(int, float [], float [], float [], float [],
                int [], int, float [], float [], float[], int *);

SYNOPSIS

float *c_csa3ls(int n, float xi[], float yi[], float zi[], float ui[],
int knots[3], int no, float xo[], float yo[], float zo[],
int *);

DESCRIPTION

n: (integer,input) The number of input data points. It must be that n is greater than 3 and, depending on the size of knots below, n may have to be larger.
xi: (real, input) An array dimensioned for n containing the X coordinate values for the input function.
yi: (real, input) An array dimensioned for n containing the Y coordinate values for the input function.
zi: (real, input) An array dimensioned for n containing the Z coordinate values for the input function.
ui: (real, input) An array containing the functional values of the input function -- ui[k] is the functional value at (xi[k], yi[k], zi[k]) for k=0,n-1.
knots: (integer, input) The number of knots to be used in constructing the approximation spline. knots[0], knots[1], and knots[2] must be at least 4. The larger the value for knots, the closer the approximated curve will come to passing through the input function values.
no: (integer, input) The number of X - Y coordinate values to be calculated for the output array.
xo: (real, input) An array dimensioned for no containing the X coordinates of the output list.
yo: (real, output) An array dimensioned for no containing the Y coordinates of the output list.
zo: (real, output) An array dimensioned for no containing the Z coordinates of the output list.
ier: (pointer to integer, output) An error return value. If *ier is returned as 0, then no errors were detected. If *ier is non-zero, then refer to the error list in the error table for details.

USAGE

c_csa3ls is called to find values of an approximating cubic spline at specified three-dimensional coordinates. If you want to weight the input data values, calculate derivatives, or handle data sparse areas specially, then you will need to use c_csa3lxs.

c_csa3ls returns a pointer to a linear array of data that contains the approximated values calculated at the input list of coordinate values. That is, if out is declared as

  float *out;

and we set:

  out = c_csa3ls(n, x, y, z, u, knots, no, xo, yo, zo, &ier);

then out[i] is the approximated function value at coordinate point (xo[i], yo[i], zo[i]) for 0 <= i < no. The space for out is allocated internal to c_csa3ls and is no floats in size.

ACCESS

To use c_csa3ls, load the NCAR Graphics library ngmath.

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