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authorKristian Evers <kristianevers@gmail.com>2020-01-16 16:39:14 +0100
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2020-01-16 16:39:14 +0100
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Explain why sweep axis affects geolocation (#1853)
Explain why sweep axis affects geolocation
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@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@ is rotating. The possible values are x or y, y being the default. Thus, the
scanning geometry of the Meteosat series satellite should take sweep as y, and
GOES should take sweep as x.
+The resulting position is different because
+`rotation in three dimensions is not commutative <https://math.stackexchange.com/q/2016937/31408>`_.
+
Parameters
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