	INTEGER FUNCTION DO_MAX( idim, arg,
     .				 com, com_mr, com_cx,
     .				 res, res_mr, res_cx,
     .				 buff	)

*
*
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* find the maximum value of the component grid along axis idim

* programmer - steve hankin
* NOAA/PMEL, Seattle, WA - Tropical Modeling and Analysis Program
* written for VAX computer under VMS operating system
*
* V200:  6/1/89
*	10/11/89 - modified array declarations using XMEM_SUBSC.CMN
*        2/12 *kms* Add E and F dimensions (use nferdims in tmap_dims.parm)
* V702 *sh* 11/16 this routine now performs accumulation only.  Initialization
*                 and finalizing called separately from IS_TRANS
* V71  *acm* 12/16 Send extra-buffer space that was allocated for the 
*                 accumulation/finalization, to store counts. To distinguish 
*                 all-missing data with a value of zero, from a zero max.

        IMPLICIT NONE
	include	'errmsg.parm'

* calling argument declarations:
	INTEGER	idim, com_mr, com_cx, res_mr, res_cx
	REAL	arg, buff(*),
     .          com( * ), res( * )

* internal variable declarations:
         INTEGER CGRID_SIZE, size

* Get size of result array to locate buffer area just beyond
* Pass extra-buffer portion of res array to accumulate counts

	size = CGRID_SIZE(res_cx)

	CALL DO_MAX_SUB (idim, arg,
     .                   com, com_mr, com_cx,
     .                   res, res_mr, res_cx,
     .                   res(size+1)	)

	DO_MAX = ferr_ok

	RETURN
	END
