!-------------------------------------- LICENCE BEGIN ------------------------------------
!Environment Canada - Atmospheric Science and Technology License/Disclaimer, 
!                     version 3; Last Modified: May 7, 2008.
!This is free but copyrighted software; you can use/redistribute/modify it under the terms 
!of the Environment Canada - Atmospheric Science and Technology License/Disclaimer 
!version 3 or (at your option) any later version that should be found at: 
!http://collaboration.cmc.ec.gc.ca/science/rpn.comm/license.html 
!
!This software is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; 
!without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. 
!See the above mentioned License/Disclaimer for more details.
!You should have received a copy of the License/Disclaimer along with this software; 
!if not, you can write to: EC-RPN COMM Group, 2121 TransCanada, suite 500, Dorval (Quebec), 
!CANADA, H9P 1J3; or send e-mail to service.rpn@ec.gc.ca
!-------------------------------------- LICENCE END --------------------------------------
***S/P  DVRTDF
*

      SUBROUTINE DVRTDF ( R , X , DS, N , MR , MX , NK ) 8
*
#include "impnone.cdk"
      INTEGER N, MR, MX, NK
      REAL R(MR,NK),X(MX,NK),DS(n,NK)
*
*Author
*          R. Benoit RPN(Mar 1989)
*
*Revisions
* 001      R. Benoit (Aug 93) - DS(2D) for Local sigma
*
*Object
*          to calculate the vertical derivative by centred finite
*          differences
*
*Arguments
*
*          - Output -
* R        result
*
*          - Input -
* X        variable to derive
* DS       distance between sigma levels 'U'
* N        horizontal dimensions
* MR       1st dimension of R
* MX       1st dimension of X
* NK       vertical dimension
*
*Notes
*          R and X can share the same space, R(*,NK)=0
*
**
*
      INTEGER J,K
*
*
      DO 30 K=1,NK-1
CDIR$ IVDEP
         DO 20 J=1,N
            R(J,K)=(X(J,K+1)-X(J,K))/DS(j,K)
  20     CONTINUE
*
  30  CONTINUE
*
      DO 40 J=1,N
         R(J,NK)=0
  40  CONTINUE
*
      RETURN
      END