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Re: Contour dimension problem [message #78430 is a reply to message #78429]

Sat, 26 November 2011 05:57

Kenneth P. Bowman
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In article <f717fe01-26a2-47db-b9f8-1a1157eac29c@a2g2000prb.googlegroups.com>,
Mat <mga1@waikato.ac.nz> wrote:

> On Nov 26, 5:02�am, "Kenneth P. Bowman" <k-bow...@null.edu> wrote:
>> In article
>> < cca14042-fbbd-40da-a693-70828da8c...@s17g2000pra.googlegroup s.com >,
>>
>> �Mat <m...@waikato.ac.nz> wrote:
>>> I'm trying to create a contour plot of temperature, depth and time.
>>> Right now I have the temperature at 13 depths and 30169 date/times as
>>> "temp" FLOAT [13, 30169], "depths" Int[13], and "time" FLOAT[30169].
>>
>>> I don't have my dimensions right for the following command:
>>
>>> IDL> contour, temp, time, depths
>>> % CONTOUR: Array must have 2 dimensions: TEMP.
>>> % Execution halted at: $MAIN$
>>
>>> Does anyone know the command to contour this data with one degree
>>> contours?
>>
>>> Thanks for your help
>>
>> Try
>>
>> � �HELP, temp, time, depths
>>
>> If temp = temp(depth, time)
>>
>> Then you should call
>>
>> � �CONTOUR, temp, depth, time
>>
>> I hope your data is very smooth in the time dimension.
>>
>> Ken Bowman
>
> Hi Ken,
>
> Thanks for your help. My data is in 15 min intervals. I would think a
> matrix is 2d but it still gives me the same error when I create a
> matrix of temperature and depth! Is there an ideal way to format the
> data to make this easier. What if I put all the data into a matrix of
> time, depth, temp. OR separate into 3 vectors?

What is the result when you do this?

HELP, temp, time, depths

It sounds like you think that temp is a 2-D array, but it is not.

Ken

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		Re: Contour dimension problem By: Kenneth P. Bowman on Sun, 27 November 2011 10:09
		Re: Contour dimension problem By: Mat on Sat, 26 November 2011 13:55
		Re: Contour dimension problem By: Kenneth P. Bowman on Sat, 26 November 2011 13:23
		Re: Contour dimension problem By: Mat on Sat, 26 November 2011 12:40
		Re: Contour dimension problem By: Kenneth P. Bowman on Sat, 26 November 2011 05:57
		Re: Contour dimension problem By: Mat on Fri, 25 November 2011 14:18
		Re: Contour dimension problem By: Kenneth P. Bowman on Fri, 25 November 2011 08:02

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