is possible use some function to find derivatives of a vector?

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by example:
NO2=( 1.1 2.4 3.3 4.7 5.9 6.0)' that corresponding to depth: Z=(4.5 6.2 8.4 10.3 12.5 14.8)'
I want find d(NO2)/dz and d^2(NO2)/dz^2
Exist some function that calculate this?

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Azzi Abdelmalek
Azzi Abdelmalek 2012-11-30
编辑:Azzi Abdelmalek 2012-12-2
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NO2=[1.1 2.4 3.3 4.7 5.9 6.0]
Z=[4.5 6.2 8.4 10.3 12.5 14.8]
d1=diff(NO2)./diff(Z)
d2=diff(NO2,2)./diff(Z(2:end)).^2
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Jan
Jan 2012-12-2
编辑:Jan 2012-12-2
As far as I can see, your approximation is based on the assumption, that Z is equidistant. This is neither the general case, nor does it match the question. Therefore I think, that this approximation in unnecessarily rough, especially if the 2nd derivative is wanted.
Your method, cropped edges:
d2 = [-0.0826, 0.1385, -0.0413, -0.2079]
Suggest 2nd order method, one-sided differences at the edges:
d2 = [-0.0912, -0.0563, 0.0126, -0.0555, -0.1354, -0.1116]
Azzi Abdelmalek
Azzi Abdelmalek 2012-12-2
No, even Z is not equidistant, there is no reason that diff(Z) will change at each point, we are not looking for the variation of Z, it's No2. if the approximation is bad, it's because the distance between Z's value is big. To improve the result, maybe we can interpolate.

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Image Analyst
Image Analyst 2012-11-30
How about the gradient() function?

Jan
Jan 2012-12-1
Matlab's GRADIENT is accurate in the fist order only for not equidistant input. See FEX: DGradient and FEX: central_difference.

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