This icon derives (and returns) a vertical cross section data unit of upper air fields along a specified arbitrary transect line. For each upper air field, point values are interpolated along the transect line, with a spacing consistent with the resolution of the input GRIB data. The cross section data can be plotted or saved as a NetCDF data file. A related icon, Cross Section View is used to provide cross section plotting specifications. You can use it to visualise a cross-section without explicitly deriving the cross-section data - see The View Concept in Visualisationsee Views. The macro language equivalent is mcross_sect(). | 