NAME	MINMAX REPORT -- generate statistics report with C-language "%g" 
			 formatting for precision 

AUTHOR	Kathy Pearson, MCNC, kathyp@mcnc.org, (919) 248-9240

SUMMARY

	Name		MINMAX REPORT	

	Type		mapper	

	Inputs		input field	(field 2D uniform 1-vector float)	

	Outputs		(none)

	Parameters
			Name			Type	Def	Min	Max
			----			----	---	---	---
			MinMax Status		(string block)

DESCRIPTION

The MINMAX REPORT module outputs simple statistics over a sliced 2D field.
It reports the minimum and maximum values over the grid the the coordinates 
where they are located.  It also reports the two dimensions of the field,
the mean, the standard deviation, the standard error and the variables.
All floating-point values are written with the C-language "%g" format so
that more decimals may be reported than those using the standard AVS statistics
module.
  
INPUTS

input field	2D data field for which statistics are reported

PARAMETERS

MinMax Status	the string block widget to which the statistics information
		is written

EXAMPLE

RELATED MODULES

LIMITATIONS

SEE ALSO

(MCNC Visualization Plan)						11/93
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The MCNC Environmental Programs Group has created this module as part of a
suite of AVS demo modules, networks, and sample data sets to demonstrate 
the functionality of its visualization prototype for an Environmental 
Decision Support System (EDSS).  This system provides a unified method of 
analysis and visualization for data output from different environmental air 
quality models.  Remotely, standard output files from the following models 
can be read into AVS:

        ROM (Regional Oxidant Model)
        RADM (Regional Acid Deposition Model), low res and high res
        RADM (Regional Acid Depostion Model) Emissions, low res
        UAM (Urban Airshed Model, regulatory version)
        UAM (Urban Airshed Model, AREAL research version)
        UAM Wind (Urban Airshed Model, regulatory version)
        MCNC ALPHA-Prototype netCDF files

Alternatively, xdr portable binary AVS fields can be created from these
data types and accessed directly from the local workstation.

You can download these modules individually from the IAC using anonymous
ftp to the appropriate directories /avs_modules at avs.ncsc.org.  
If you would like to download the entire suite of modules, networks, and
sample datasets at the same time, the IAC recommends that you use 
anonymous ftp to grab the following file from avs.ncsc.org -

/sample_data/avs_data/MCNC_Env_Pgms/MCNC_Env_Pgms.tar.Z

This contains all source code to all local and remote modules, as well as
all of the sample datasets, networks, documentation, installation, and
usage notes.
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