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    nearneighbor - Grid table data using a "Nearest neighbor" algorithm

Synopsis
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**nearneighbor** [ *table* ] **-G**\ *out_grdfile*
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**-N**\ *sectors*\ [/*min_sectors*]
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[ **-S**\ *search_radius*\ [*unit*\ ] [ **-E**\ *empty* ]
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[ **-W** ]
[ |SYN_OPT-bi| ]
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[ |SYN_OPT-h| ]
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[ **-r** ]
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Description
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**nearneighbor** reads arbitrarily located (x,y,z[,w]) triples
[quadruplets] from standard input [or *table*] and uses a nearest
neighbor algorithm to assign an average value to each node that have one
or more points within a radius centered on the node. The average value
is computed as a weighted mean of the nearest point from each sector
inside the search radius. The weighting function used is w(r) = 1 / (1 +
d ^ 2), where d = 3 \* r / search_radius and r is distance from the
node. This weight is modulated by the observation points’ weights [if
supplied]. 

Required Arguments
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**-G**\ *out_grdfile*
    Give the name of the output grid file. 

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**-N**\ *sectors*\ [/*min_sectors*]
    The circular area centered on each node is divided into *sectors*
    sectors. Average values will only be computed if there is at least
    one value inside each of at least *min_sectors* of the sectors for a given
    node. Nodes that fail this test are assigned the value NaN (but see
    **-E**). If *Imin_sectors* is omitted it is set to be at least 50%
    of *sectors* (i.e., rounded up to next integer).  [Default is a quadrant
    search with 100% coverage, i.e., *sectors* = *min_sectors* = 4]. Note
    that only the nearest value per sector enters into the averaging; the
    more distant points are ignored. 

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**-S**\ *search_radius*\ [*unit*]
    Sets the *search_radius* that determines which data points are
    considered close to a node. Append the distance unit (see UNITS).

Optional Arguments
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*table*
    3 [or 4, see **-W**] column ASCII file(s) [or binary, see
    **-bi**] holding (x,y,z[,w]) data values. If
    no file is specified, **nearneighbor** will read from standard
    input.
**-E**\ *empty*
    Set the value assigned to empty nodes [NaN]. 

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**-W**
    Input data have a 4th column containing observation point weights.
    These are multiplied with the geometrical weight factor to determine
    the actual weights used in the calculations. 

.. |Add_-bi| replace:: [Default is 3 (or 4 if **-W** is set) columns]. 
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**-n**\ [**b**\ \|\ **c**\ \|\ **l**\ \|\ **n**][**+a**\ ][\ **+b**\ *BC*][\ **+t**\ *threshold*]
    Append **+b**\ *BC* to set any boundary conditions to be used,
    adding **g** for geographic, **p** for periodic, or **n** for
    natural boundary conditions. For the latter two you may append **x**
    or **y** to specify just one direction, otherwise both are assumed.
    [Default is geographic if grid is geographic]. 

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Examples
--------

To create a gridded data set from the file seaMARCII_bathy.lon_lat_z
using a 0.5 min grid, a 5 km search radius, using an octant search with
100% sector coverage, and set empty nodes to -9999:

   ::

    gmt nearneighbor seaMARCII_bathy.lon_lat_z -R242/244/-22/-20 -I0.5m \
                     -E-9999 -Gbathymetry.nc -S5k -N8/8

To make a global grid file from the data in geoid.xyz using a 1 degree
grid, a 200 km search radius, spherical distances, using an quadrant
search, and set nodes to NaN only when fewer than two quadrants contain
at least one value:

   ::

    gmt nearneighbor geoid.xyz -R0/360/-90/90 -I1 -Lg -Ggeoid.nc -S200k -N4

See Also
--------

:doc:`blockmean`,
:doc:`blockmedian`,
:doc:`blockmode`, :doc:`gmt`,
:doc:`greenspline`,
:doc:`sphtriangulate`,
:doc:`surface`,
:doc:`triangulate`
