sasktran2.WGS84

class sasktran2.WGS84

Bases: Geodetic

A geodetic object based upon the standard WGS84 ellipsoid. See sasktran2.Geodetic for more information and usage.

__init__()

A geodetic object based upon the standard WGS84 ellipsoid. See sasktran2.Geodetic for more information and usage.

Methods

__init__()	A geodetic object based upon the standard WGS84 ellipsoid.
altitude_intercepts(self, altitude, ...)	Calculate the two intersections of a line of sight and an altitude.
from_lat_lon_alt(self, latitude, longitude, ...)	Initializes the Geodetic based on a specifiec latitude, longitude, and altitude.
from_tangent_altitude(self, altitude, ...)	Initialized the Geodetic from a specified tangent altitude, obsever location, and bore sight plane.
from_tangent_point(self, observer, look_vector)	Initializes the Geodetic by calculating the tangent point from an observer position and look vector
from_xyz(self, location)	Initializes the Geodetic from a geocentric location

Attributes

altitude	Altitude in [m] above the surface of the ellipsoid.
latitude	Geodetic latitude in degrees
local_south	A unit vector pointing in the local south direction
local_up	A unit vector pointing up (perpindicular to the ellipsoidal surface)
local_west	A unit vector pointing in the local west direction
location	Geocentric location in cartesian coordinates
longitude	Geodetic longitude in degrees
valid	True if the geodetic object has been initialized, False otherwise.