retrieve a value at from projected data at a specific lon/lat?

Hello,

Is there a way to get the data value at a specific longitude/latitude
from an array that has been projected and smoothed with basemap and
transform_scalar to a higher grid density?

My original data is a global lat,lon array (73,144) that I process by
hemisphere with a polar centered 'laea' projection (limited to 15
degrees in each hemisphere). The data is also
run through transform_scalar w/ say the result array being (180,360).
What I want is a way to either get the data value at lon=x,lat=y from
this array or a way to map the indices (180,360) such that
I know index i,j is bound by a set of latitudes and longitudes.

Thanks for any suggestions.

Mike

Hello,

Is there a way to get the data value at a specific longitude/latitude
from an array that has been projected and smoothed with basemap and
transform_scalar to a higher grid density?

My original data is a global lat,lon array (73,144) that I process by
hemisphere with a polar centered 'laea' projection (limited to 15
degrees in each hemisphere). The data is also
run through transform_scalar w/ say the result array being (180,360).
What I want is a way to either get the data value at lon=x,lat=y from
this array or a way to map the indices (180,360) such that
I know index i,j is bound by a set of latitudes and longitudes.

Not sure I understand completely, but note that a basemap instance is a callable. By default it transforms from lon,lat to map coordinates, but it also takes a kwarg, 'inverse'. If true, to transforms back from map coordinates to lon,lat. If your data have been transformed to a regular grid in map coordinates, this should allow you to find out what those grid cells are in lon,lat.

Eric

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On 06/10/2010 04:41 AM, Mike Bauer wrote:

Thanks for any suggestions.

Mike

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