Vectorize a XYT box or, convert a 3D var to 1D

["Paulo B. Oliveira" <pbo@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all,

I need to compute some simple statistics (median, quantiles) on a
XYT box which depend on sorting data values. Currently, I'm saving the
box values on an ascii file, read them on a single axis variable then,
using sortk, I compute the values I need. However this process is very
slow. Is there another  way to create a 1D variable from a 3D XYT box
?

Thanks,

Paulo.