NAME

       CSA2LS - cubic spline approximation, simple entry for two-dimensional input, list output

SYNOPSIS

       CALL CSA2LS (NI, XI, UI, KNOTS, NO, XO, YO, UO, NWRK,
                    WORK, IER)

DESCRIPTION

       NI          (integer,input)  The number of input data points. It must be that NI .gt. 3 and, depending on
                   the size of KNOTS below, NI may have to be larger.

       XI          (real, input) An array containing the X - Y coordinates of  the  input  data  points.  XI  is
                   dimensioned  for 2 x NI.  XI(1,L) is the X coordinate and XI(2,L) is the Y coordinate for the
                   input domain for L=1,NI.

       UI          (real, input) An array dimensioned for NI containing function values at the input XI  values,
                   that  is  UI(L)  is  the  value of the input function at the coordinate (XI(1,L),XI(2,L)) for
                   L=1,NI.

       KNOTS       (integer, input) The number of knots to be used in  constructing  the  approximation  spline.
                   KNOTS  is  dimensioned  for  2 and provides the number of knots to be used in the X and the Y
                   directions.  Both KNOTS(1) and KNOTS(2) must be at least 4.  The larger the values for KNOTS,
                   the closer the approximated curve will come to passing through the input function values.

       NO          (integer, input) The number of coordinate values in the output list.  NO can be any  positive
                   number.

       XO          (real, input) An array dimensioned for NO containing the X coordinates of the output list.

       YO          (real, input) An array dimensioned for NO containing the Y coordinates of the output list.

       UO          (real,  output) An array dimensioned for NO containing the calculated function values for the
                   output spline.  UO(I) is the calculated functional value at (XO(I),YO(I)) for I=1,NO.

       NWRK        (integer,   input)   The   size   of   the   WORK   array.    NWRK   must   be    at    least
                   KNOTS(1)*KNOTS(2)*(KNOTS(1)*KNOTS(2)+3).

       WORK        (real, input) A work array dimensioned for NWRK.

       IER         (integer,  output)  An  error  return  value.   If  IER is returned as 0, then no errors were
                   detected. If IER is non-zero, then refer to the man page for csagrid_errors for details.

USAGE

       CSA2LS is called to find an approximating cubic spline surface for two-dimensional input data with output
       values calculated at a list of user-specified points.  If you want  to  weight  the  input  data  values,
       calculate derivatives, or handle data sparse areas specially, then you will need to use CSA2LXS.

ACCESS

       To use CSA2LS, load the NCAR Graphics library ngmath.

SEE ALSO

       csagrid, csa2s, csa2xs, csa2ls,

       Complete documentation for Csagrid is available at URL
       http://ngwww.ucar.edu/ngdoc/ng/ngmath/csagrid/csahome.html

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2000
       University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

       The use of this Software is governed by a License Agreement.

UNIX                                              January 1999                                    CSA2LS(3NCARG)