## Copyright (C) 2007 Aida Alvera-Azcárate <aalvera@marine.usf.edu>
## Copyright (C) 2007 Alexander Barth <barth.alexander@gmail.com>
##
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## version.
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Loadable Function} {[@var{fi},@var{vari}] = } optiminterp4(@var{x},@var{y},@var{z},@var{t},@var{f},@var{var},@var{lenx},@var{leny},@var{lenz},@var{lent},@var{m},@var{xi},@var{yi},@var{zi},@var{ti})
## Performs a local 4D-optimal interpolation (objective analysis).
##
## Every elements in @var{f} corresponds to a data point (observation)
## at location  @var{x}, @var{y}, @var{z}, @var{t} with the error variance var
##
## @var{lenx},@var{leny},@var{lenz} and @var{lent} are correlation length in x-,y-,z-direction and time,
## respectively. 
## @var{m} represents the number of influential points.
##
## @var{xi},@var{yi},@var{zi} and @var{ti} are the data points where the field is
## interpolated. @var{fi} is the interpolated field and @var{vari} is 
## its error variance.
##
##
## The background field of the optimal interpolation is zero.
## For a different background field, the background field
## must be subtracted from the observation, the difference 
## is mapped by OI onto the background grid and finally the
## background is added back to the interpolated field.
##
## The error variance of the background field is assumed to 
## have a error variance of one. 
## @end deftypefn

function [fi,vari] = optiminterp4(x,y,z,t,f,var,lenx,leny,lenz,lent,m,xi,yi,zi,ti)

  [fi,vari] = optiminterpn(x,y,z,t,f,var,lenx,leny,lenz,lent,m,xi,yi,zi,ti);

endfunction