ucar.unidata.view.sounding
Class CinCell

java.lang.Object
  ucar.unidata.view.sounding.ComputeCell
      ucar.unidata.view.sounding.EnergyFeatureCell
          ucar.unidata.view.sounding.CinCell

public final class CinCell
extends EnergyFeatureCell

Computes the Convective INhibition (CIN) from a profile of massic energy, the initial release level, and the level of free convection.

Version:

$Revision: 1.7 $ $Date: 2005/05/13 18:33:26 $

Author:

Steven R. Emmerson

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class ucar.unidata.view.sounding.EnergyFeatureCell

noData

Constructor Summary

CinCell(DataReference energyProfileRef, DataReference initLevRef, DataReference lfcRef)
Constructs from references to the massic energy profile, the iniital level, and the Level of Free Convection (LFC).

Method Summary

protected Data

compute(Data[] datums) Computes the output Convective INhibition (CIN) from a massic energy profile, the parcel's initial pressure, and the pressure at the level of free convection (LFC).

Methods inherited from class ucar.unidata.view.sounding.ComputeCell

clean, disableRef, enableAllInputRefs, getInputRefs, getOutputRef, noDataField, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

CinCell

public CinCell(DataReference energyProfileRef,
               DataReference initLevRef,
               DataReference lfcRef)
        throws VisADException,
               RemoteException

Constructs from references to the massic energy profile, the iniital level, and the Level of Free Convection (LFC).

Parameters:

energyProfileRef - The massic energy profile reference.

initLevRef - The initial level reference.

lfcRef - The LFC reference.

Throws:

VisADException - if a VisAD failure occurs.

RemoteException - if a Java RMI failure occurs.

Method Detail

compute

protected Data compute(Data[] datums)
                throws TypeException,
                       VisADException,
                       RemoteException

Computes the output Convective INhibition (CIN) from a massic energy profile, the parcel's initial pressure, and the pressure at the level of free convection (LFC).

Specified by:

compute in class ComputeCell

Parameters:

datums - The input data in the same order as during construction. datums[0] is the massic energy profile; datums[1] is the initial pressure; and datums[2] is the LFC pressure.

Returns:

The corresponding CIN.

Throws:

ClassCastException - if an input data reference has the wrong type of data object.

TypeException - if a VisAD data object has the wrong type.

VisADException - if a VisAD failure occurs.

RemoteException - if a Java RMI failure occurs.