void SkeletonOutersideDoubleWeightedAverage::coarsen(
   hier::Patch& coarse,
   const hier::Patch& fine,
   const int dst_component,
   const int src_component,
   const hier::Box& coarse_box,
   const hier::IntVector& ratio) const
{
   boost::shared_ptr<pdat::OuterfaceData<double> > fdata(
      BOOST_CAST<pdat::OuterfaceData<double>, hier::PatchData>(
         fine.getPatchData(src_component)));
   boost::shared_ptr<pdat::OuterfaceData<double> > cdata(
      BOOST_CAST<pdat::OuterfaceData<double>, hier::PatchData>(
         coarse.getPatchData(dst_component)));
   TBOX_ASSERT(fdata);
   TBOX_ASSERT(cdata);
   TBOX_ASSERT(cdata->getDepth() == fdata->getDepth());

   const hier::Index filo = fdata->getGhostBox().lower();
   const hier::Index fihi = fdata->getGhostBox().upper();
   const hier::Index cilo = cdata->getGhostBox().lower();
   const hier::Index cihi = cdata->getGhostBox().upper();

   const boost::shared_ptr<hier::PatchGeometry> fgeom(
      fine.getPatchGeometry());
   const boost::shared_ptr<hier::PatchGeometry> cgeom(
      coarse.getPatchGeometry());

   const hier::Index ifirstc = coarse_box.lower();
   const hier::Index ilastc = coarse_box.upper();

   int flev_num = fine.getPatchLevelNumber();
   int clev_num = coarse.getPatchLevelNumber();

   // deal with levels not in hierarchy
   if (flev_num < 0) flev_num = clev_num + 1;
   if (clev_num < 0) clev_num = flev_num - 1;

   double cdx[SAMRAI::MAX_DIM_VAL];
   double fdx[SAMRAI::MAX_DIM_VAL];
   getDx(clev_num, cdx);
   getDx(flev_num, fdx);

   for (int d = 0; d < cdata->getDepth(); ++d) {
      // loop over lower and upper outerside arrays
      for (int i = 0; i < 2; ++i) {
         if (d_dim == tbox::Dimension(1)) {
            SAMRAI_F77_FUNC(cartwgtavgoutfacedoub1d, CARTWGTAVGOUTFACEDOUB1D) (
               ifirstc(0), ilastc(0),
               filo(0), fihi(0),
               cilo(0), cihi(0),
               &ratio[0],
               fdx,
               cdx,
               fdata->getPointer(0, i, d),
               cdata->getPointer(0, i, d));
         } else if (d_dim == tbox::Dimension(2)) {
            SAMRAI_F77_FUNC(cartwgtavgoutfacedoub2d0, CARTWGTAVGOUTFACEDOUB2D0) (
               ifirstc(0), ifirstc(1), ilastc(0), ilastc(1),
               filo(0), filo(1), fihi(0), fihi(1),
               cilo(0), cilo(1), cihi(0), cihi(1),
               &ratio[0],
               fdx,
               cdx,
               fdata->getPointer(0, i, d),
               cdata->getPointer(0, i, d));
            SAMRAI_F77_FUNC(cartwgtavgoutfacedoub2d1, CARTWGTAVGOUTFACEDOUB2D1) (
               ifirstc(0), ifirstc(1), ilastc(0), ilastc(1),
               filo(0), filo(1), fihi(0), fihi(1),
               cilo(0), cilo(1), cihi(0), cihi(1),
               &ratio[0],
               fdx,
               cdx,
               fdata->getPointer(1, i, d),
               cdata->getPointer(1, i, d));
         } else if (d_dim == tbox::Dimension(3)) {
            SAMRAI_F77_FUNC(cartwgtavgoutfacedoub3d0, CARTWGTAVGOUTFACEDOUB3D0) (
               ifirstc(0), ifirstc(1), ifirstc(2),
               ilastc(0), ilastc(1), ilastc(2),
               filo(0), filo(1), filo(2),
               fihi(0), fihi(1), fihi(2),
               cilo(0), cilo(1), cilo(2),
               cihi(0), cihi(1), cihi(2),
               &ratio[0],
               fdx,
               cdx,
               fdata->getPointer(0, i, d),
               cdata->getPointer(0, i, d));
            SAMRAI_F77_FUNC(cartwgtavgoutfacedoub3d1, CARTWGTAVGOUTFACEDOUB3D1) (
               ifirstc(0), ifirstc(1), ifirstc(2),
               ilastc(0), ilastc(1), ilastc(2),
               filo(0), filo(1), filo(2),
               fihi(0), fihi(1), fihi(2),
               cilo(0), cilo(1), cilo(2),
               cihi(0), cihi(1), cihi(2),
               &ratio[0],
               fdx,
               cdx,
               fdata->getPointer(1, i, d),
               cdata->getPointer(1, i, d));
            SAMRAI_F77_FUNC(cartwgtavgoutfacedoub3d2, CARTWGTAVGOUTFACEDOUB3D2) (
               ifirstc(0), ifirstc(1), ifirstc(2),
               ilastc(0), ilastc(1), ilastc(2),
               filo(0), filo(1), filo(2),
               fihi(0), fihi(1), fihi(2),
               cilo(0), cilo(1), cilo(2),
               cihi(0), cihi(1), cihi(2),
               &ratio[0],
               fdx,
               cdx,
               fdata->getPointer(2, i, d),
               cdata->getPointer(2, i, d));
         } else {
            TBOX_ERROR("SkeletonOutersideDoubleWeightedAverage error...\n"
               << "d_dim > 3 not supported." << endl);
         }
      }
   }
}