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Interpolation routines [message #92650]

Mon, 01 February 2016 16:47

laura.hike
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I was wondering whether anyone could recommend an IDL routine (or extra keywords) that would allow me to interpolate my data correctly. Here are the constraints:

- input data and output data are on irregular 1D grids
- NaN is used as the indicator or bad or missing values
- the input abcissa values always span a broader range than the output values, HOWEVER, sometimes not all of the input locations have ordinate values associated with them. This generally occurs at the top or bottom of the column. In other words, a number of the levels at the top or bottom may be filled with NaNs.

What I'm looking for is a higher order (not linear) interpolation routine that deals gracefully with NaNs and won't interpolate beyond the range of known values.

I tried interpol with /spline. If I use the /NaN option, the program seems to run fine but fails when there are fewer than 4 good values in a row. If I take out the /NaN, it does not fail in this case. However, it turns out that it interpolates beyond where there are any valid input values (i.e., out into the NaN area). If I replace the NaNs with zeros, it does the same thing (which surprised me).

I tried the spline command instead. It failed when I substituted 0s for the NaNs and returned all NaNs when I left them in.

Rather than continuing to try all of IDL's interpolation routines with all their options, I was hoping someone would be able to answer this question off the top of their head.

Thanks,

Laura

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		Interpolation routines By: laura.hike on Mon, 01 February 2016 16:47
		Re: Interpolation routines By: Craig Markwardt on Tue, 02 February 2016 09:34
		Re: Interpolation routines By: laura.hike on Tue, 02 February 2016 11:18
		Re: Interpolation routines By: wlandsman on Tue, 02 February 2016 12:17
		Re: Interpolation routines By: laura.hike on Tue, 02 February 2016 13:31
		Re: Interpolation routines By: laura.hike on Tue, 02 February 2016 13:48
		Re: Interpolation routines By: Paul Van Delst[1] on Tue, 02 February 2016 14:01
		Re: Interpolation routines By: laura.hike on Tue, 02 February 2016 14:38
		Re: Interpolation routines By: lecacheux.alain on Wed, 03 February 2016 01:34

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