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      FUNCTION ISRCHILA ( ZLAO ) 33
*
*
#if defined (DOC) 
*
***s/r FNCT ISRCHILA  - Locate first latitude to the north of ZLAO
*
*
*Author: Luc Fillion  RPN/AES  Jan 1993
*Revision:
*
*     -------------------
**    Purpose: Used by subroutine BILIN to interpolate the model's variables
*     .        to the observation points.
*
*Arguments
*     NJSUR   : NUMBER OF LATITUDES IN VECTOR RLATI
*     RLATI   : LATITUDE (RADIANS, NEGATIVE FOR SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE)
*     ZLAO    : LATITUDE (RADIANS) OF THE OBSERVATION POINT
#endif
*
      IMPLICIT NONE
*implicits
#include "comdim.cdk"
#include "comleg.cdk"
*
C
      REAL*8     ZLAO
      INTEGER   IFOUND, J, ISRCHILA
C     
C*    1. Search the first latitude circle
C     
 100  CONTINUE
      ISRCHILA = 0
      IFOUND = 0
      J = NJBEG 
 101  J = J + 1
      IF(ZLAO.GE.RLATI(J)) THEN
         ISRCHILA = J - 1
         IFOUND = 1
      ENDIF
      IF(IFOUND.EQ.0.AND.(J.LT.NJEND)) GO TO 101
C     
      RETURN
      END