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- surface 3.0a:OS/2 - Adjustable tension continuous curvature surface gridding
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- usage: surface [xyz-file] -G<output_grdfile_name> -I<xinc>[m|c][/<yinc>[m|c]]
- -R<west>/<east>/<south>/<north> [-A<aspect_ratio>] [-C<convergence_limit>]
- [-H] [-Ll<limit>] [-Lu<limit>] [-N<n_iterations>] ] [-S<search_radius>[m]]
- [-T<tension>[i][b] ] [-Q] [-V[l]] [-Z<over_relaxation_parameter>] [-:] [-b[d]]
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- surface will read from standard input or [xyz-file].
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- Required arguments to surface:
- -G sets output grd File name
- -I sets the Increment of the grid; enter xinc, optionally xinc/yinc.
- Default is yinc = xinc. Append an m [or c] to xinc or yinc to indicate minutes [or seconds]
- e.g. -I10m/5m grids longitude every 10 minutes, latitude every 5 minutes.
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- -R specifies the min/max coordinates of data region in user units.
- Use dd:mm[:ss] format for regions given in degrees and minutes [and seconds].
- Append r if -R specifies the longitudes/latitudes of the lower left
- and upper right corners of a rectangular area
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- OPTIONS:
- -A<aspect_ratio> = 1.0 by default which gives an isotropic solution.
- i.e. xinc and yinc assumed to give derivatives of equal weight; if not, specify
- <aspect_ratio> such that yinc = xinc / <aspect_ratio>.
- e.g. if gridding lon,lat use <aspect_ratio> = cosine(middle of lat range).
- -C<convergence_limit> iteration stops when max abs change is less than <c.l.>
- default will choose 0.001 of the range of your z data (1 ppt precision).
- Enter your own convergence limit in same units as z data.
- -H means input/output file has 0 Header record(s) [OFF]
- Optionally, append number of header records
- -L constrain the range of output values:
- -Ll<limit> specifies lower limit; forces solution to be >= <limit>.
- -Lu<limit> specifies upper limit; forces solution to be <= <limit>.
- <limit> can be any number, or the letter d for min (or max) input data value,
- or the filename of a grdfile with bounding values. [Default solution unconstrained].
- Example: -Ll0 gives a non-negative solution.
- -N sets max <n_iterations> in each cycle; default = 250.
- -S sets <search_radius> to initialize grid; default = 0 will skip this step.
- This step is slow and not needed unless grid dimensions are pathological;
- i.e., have few or no common factors.
- Append m to give <search_radius> in minutes.
- -T adds Tension to the gridding equation; use a value between 0 and 1.
- default = 0 gives minimum curvature (smoothest; bicubic) solution.
- 1 gives a harmonic spline solution (local max/min occur only at data points).
- typically 0.25 or more is good for potential field (smooth) data;
- 0.75 or so for topography. Experiment.
- Append B or b to set tension in boundary conditions only;
- Append I or i to set tension in interior equations only;
- No appended letter sets tension for both to same value.
- -Q Query for grid sizes that might run faster than your -R -I give.
- -V Run in verbose mode [OFF].
- Append l for long verbose
- -Z sets <over_relaxation parameter>. Default = 1.4
- Use a value between 1 and 2. Larger number accelerates convergence but can be unstable.
- Use 1 if you want to be sure to have (slow) stable convergence.
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- -: Expect lat/lon input rather than lon/lat [OFF].
- -b means input triplets are binary. Default is ascii.
- Append d for double precision [Default is single precision].
- (See man page for gmtdefaults to set these and other defaults to ON or OFF)
- (For additional details, see Smith & Wessel, Geophysics, 55, 293-305, 1990.)
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