refellipsoidOrbitPlane

Workspace.refellipsoidOrbitPlane(self: pyarts.arts._Workspace, refellipsoid: Optional[Union[pyarts.arts.WorkspaceVariable, pyarts.arts.Vector]] = self.refellipsoid, orbitinc: Union[pyarts.arts.WorkspaceVariable, pyarts.arts.Numeric], verbosity: Optional[Union[pyarts.arts.WorkspaceVariable, pyarts.arts.Verbosity]] = self.verbosity) → None

Conversion of 3D ellipsoid to 2D orbit track geometry.

Determines an approximate reference ellipsoid following an orbit track. The new ellipsoid is determined simply, by determining the radius at the maximum latitude and from this value calculate a new new eccentricity. The orbit is specified by giving the orbit inclination (orbitinc), that is normally a value around 100 deg for polar sun-synchronous orbits.

Author(s): Patrick Eriksson

Parameters:

• refellipsoid (Vector, optional) – Reference ellipsoid. See refellipsoid, defaults to self.refellipsoid [INOUT]

• orbitinc (Numeric) – Orbit inclination. [IN]

• verbosity (Verbosity) – ARTS verbosity. See verbosity, defaults to self.verbosity [IN]