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PROCEDURE: TCROSSP
Purpose:
Vectorized routine to calculate the cross product of two tplot
variables containing arrays of 3d vectors and storing the result
in a tplot variable. Also, can perform vectorized cross product on
arrays.
Arguments:
v1: The name of the tplot variable or an Nx3 length array storing the first vector in the cross product
v2: The name of the tplot variable or an Nx3 length array storing the second vector in the
cross product
newname(optional): the name of the output tplot variable
error(optional): named variable in which to return error state of
the computation. 1 = success 0 = failure
Outputs(optional):
out:
Returns output in array format, if this argument is present, no tplot variable will be created
NOTES:
(See ssl_general/cotrans/special/tcrossp.pro)
PROCEDURE: TDOTP Purpose: Vectorized routine to calculate the dot product of two tplot variables containing arrays of vectors and storing the results in a tplot variable Arguments: v1: The name of the tplot variable storing the first vector in the dot product v2: The name of the tplot variable storing the second vector in the dot product newname(optional): the name of the output tplot variable error(optional): named variable in which to return the error state of the computation. 1 = success 0 = failure NOTES:
(See ssl_general/cotrans/special/tdotp.pro)
Function: tinterpol_mxn
Purpose: Generalized interpolates across a series of vectors(since
interpol only works on 1-d vectors) This function works on any
n-dimensional vectors. Basically, this is an element by element
interpolation across M
- i. works on tplot variables
- ii. allows no extrapolation beyond valid data with
/no_extrapolate keyword"
Arguments:
xv_tvar = tplot variable to be interpolated, the y component
can have any dimesions, can use globbing to interpolate
many values at once
uses x component for x abcissa values
uz_tvar = tplot variable that V will be fit to
uses x component for u abcissa values. Can also
pass in an array of time values rather than a tplot
variable.
newname = output variable name(optional) defaults to
xv_tvar+'_interp'
suffix = a suffix other than interp you can use,
particularily useful when using globbing
overwrite=set this variable if you just want
the original variable overwritten instead of using
newname or suffix
Use only newname or suffix or overwrite. If you combine
them the naming behavior may be erratic
/LINEAR = pass this argument to specify linear
interpolation(this is the default behavior)
/QUADRATIC = pass this argument to specify quadratic
interpolation
/SPLINE = pass this argument to specify spline
interpolation
/NO_EXTRAPOLATE = pass this argument to prevent
extrapolation of data values in V passed it's start and
end points
/NAN_EXTRAPOLATE = pass this argument to extrapolate past
the endpoints using NaNs as a fill value
ERROR(optional): named variable in which to return the error state
of the computation. 1 = success 0 = failure
Outputs(optional):
out:
Returns output as a data struct. If this argument is present, no tplot variable will be created
Note that only one result can be returned through this keyword.
CALLING SEQUENCE;
tinterpol_mxn,'tplot_var1','tplot_var2',out_var='tplot_var_out'
tinterpol_mxn,'tplot_var1','tplot_var2',/NO_EXTRAPOLATE
tinterpol_mxn,'tplot_var1','tplot_var2',/SPLINE
Output: an N by D1 by D2 by ... array stored in an output tplot variabel
Notes:
Uses a for loop over D1*D2*..., but I'm operating under the assumption that
D1*D2... << M (D1 * D2 *... is waaaay less than M)
It uses a little bit of modular arithmatic so this function is
generalized to any array dimensionality(IDL limits at 8)
Examples:
if the input is an array of 3-d vectors(say 1,1,1 and 2,2,2) and we
want 3 vectors out the output is 1,1,1 1.5 1.5 1.5 2,2,2
if the input is an array of 3x3 matrices(say all ones and all twos)
and we want three matrices then output is all 1s all 1.5s all 2s
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$LastChangedDate: 2009-12-09 14:39:12 -0800 (Wed, 09 Dec 2009) $
$LastChangedRevision: 6983 $
$URL: svn+ssh://thmsvn@ambrosia.ssl.berkeley.edu/repos/ssl_general/tags/tdas_5_21/cotrans/special/tinterpol_mxn.pro $
(See ssl_general/cotrans/special/tinterpol_mxn.pro)
PROCEDURE: TNORMALIZE
Purpose:
Vectorized routine to normalize all the vectors stored in a tplot
variable
Arguments:
v: The name or number of the tplot variable storing the vectors to be
normalized, or an array of vectors to be normalized. NOTE, if the input is
not a tplot variable, this routine will not generate a tplot variable for output
newname(optional): The name of the output tplot variable. Defaults
to v+'_normalized'
error(optional): Named variable in which to return the error state
of the computation, 1 = success, 0 = failure
out(optional): If set to a named variable, the output will be stored
in out, rather than a tplot variable.
NOTES:
$LastChangedBy: pcruce $
$LastChangedDate: 2009-06-23 17:40:09 -0700 (Tue, 23 Jun 2009) $
$LastChangedRevision: 6314 $
$URL: svn+ssh://thmsvn@ambrosia.ssl.berkeley.edu/repos/ssl_general/tags/tdas_5_21/cotrans/special/tnormalize.pro $
(See ssl_general/cotrans/special/tnormalize.pro)
Procedure: tvector_rotate
Purpose: rotates a set of vectors by a set of coordinate
transformation matrices inputs and outputs are tplot
variables. This is designed mainly for use with
fac_matrix_make.pro and minvar_matrix_make, but can be used
for more general purposes
Warning:
The transformation matrices generated by
fac_matrix_make,thm_fac_matrix_make, and minvar_matrix_make are
defined relative to a specific coordinate system. This means that if
you use vectors in one coordinate system to generate the rotation
matrices they will only correctly transform data from that coordinate
system into the functional coordinate system.
For example if you use
magnetic field data in gsm to generate Rgeo transformation matrices
using fac_matrix_make then the vectors being provided to tvector
rotate to be transformed by those matrices should only be in gsm coordinates.
Arguments:
mat_var_in: the name of the tplot variable storing input matrices
The y component of the tplot variable's data struct should be
an Mx3x3 array, storing a list of transformation matrices.
vec_var_in: the name of the tplot variable storing input
vectors. You can use globbing to rotate several tplot variables
storing vectors with a single matrix. The y component of the tplot variable's
data struct should be an Nx3 array.
newname(optional): the name of the output variable, defaults to
vec_var_in + '_rot'
If you use type globbing in the vector variable
This option will be disabled
suffix: The suffix to be appended to the tplot variables that the output matrices will be stored in.
(Default: '_rot')
error(optional): named variable in which to return the error state
of the computation. 1 = success 0 = failure
invert(optional): If matrix_var naturally transforms vector_var from Coord A to B,
(ie Vb = M#Va where # denotes matrix multiplication) then setting
this keyword will transform vector_var from Coord B to A( ie Va = M^T#Vb
This is done by transposing the input matrices, as it is a property of
rotation matrices that M#M^T = I and M^T#M = I(ie M^T = M^-1)
vector_skip_nonmonotonic(optional): Removes any vector data with non-ascending or repeated
timestamps before SLERPing matrices rather than throwing an error.
matrix_skip_nonmonotonic(optional): Removes any vector data with non-ascending
timestamps before SLERPing matrices rather than throwing an error.
CALLING SEQUENCE:
tvector_rotate,'matrix_var','vector_var',newname = 'out_var',error=error
tvector_rotate,'matrix_var','vector_var'
Notes:
1. mat_var_in should store rotation or permutation matrices.
(ie the columns of any matrix in mat_var_in should form an orthonormal basis)
tvector_rotate will test and warn if input matrices are inalid.
Permutation matrices are allowed so that coordinates can be transformed
from right to left handed systems and vice-versa. This is verified via the following
contraints.
M#M^-1 = I and abs(determ(m)) = 1
2. transformation matrices generally only transform from one particular basis
to another particular basis. Since tvector_rotate as no way to test that
vector_var is in the correct basis, you need to be very careful that
vector_var has the correct coordinate system and representation
so that it can correctly transform the data.
3. If M!=N, then M must be >= 2 (where M,N refer to the dimensions of the
input variables.)
4. Also If the x components of mat_var_in and vec_var_in data structs
do not match then, the matrices will be interpolated to match the
cadence of the vector data. Interpolation is done by turning the
matrices into quaternions and performing spherical linear
interpolation. As noted above this interpolation behavior will
not be predictable if the matrices do anything other than rotate.
5. If the timestamps of mat_var_in are not monotonic(ascending or identical) or
if the timestamps vec_var_in are not strictly monotonic(always ascending) the
program will not work correctly in the event that matrix SLERPing is required.
Set the keywords vector_skip_nonmonotonic or matrix_skip_nonmonotonic to have
the routine remove the non-monotonic data when generating the output. Alternatively,
if matrix and vector timestamps match no SLERPing will be required, also fixing
nonmonotonicities manually will fix the problem.
SEE ALSO: mva_matrix_make.pro, fac_matrix_make.pro,rxy_matrix_make
$LastChangedBy: pcruce $
$LastChangedDate: 2009-09-16 15:37:17 -0700 (Wed, 16 Sep 2009) $
$LastChangedRevision: 6742 $
$URL: svn+ssh://thmsvn@ambrosia.ssl.berkeley.edu/repos/ssl_general/tags/tdas_5_21/cotrans/special/tvector_rotate.pro $
(See ssl_general/cotrans/special/tvector_rotate.pro)