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Workspace Method refellipsoidEarth

Description

Earth reference ellipsoids.

The reference ellipsoid (refellipsoid) is set to model the Earth,
following different models. The options are:

   "Sphere" : A spherical Earth. The radius is set following
      the value set for the Earth radius in constants.cc.

   "WGS84" : The reference ellipsoid used by the GPS system.
      Should be the standard choice for a non-spherical Earth.

Authors: Patrick Eriksson

Synopsis

refellipsoidEarth(

refellipsoid, model )

Variables

OUT	refellipsoid	(Vector)	Reference ellipsoid.
GIN	model	(String, Default: "Sphere")	Model ellipsoid to use. Options listed above.