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diff --git a/docs/source/operations/projections/geos.rst b/docs/source/operations/projections/geos.rst index cd576283..3dc914b3 100644 --- a/docs/source/operations/projections/geos.rst +++ b/docs/source/operations/projections/geos.rst @@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ ******************************************************************************** Geostationary Satellite View ******************************************************************************** + +The geos projection pictures how a geostationary satellite scans the earth at regular +scanning angle intervals. + +---------------------+----------------------------------------------------------+ | **Classification** | Azimuthal | +---------------------+----------------------------------------------------------+ @@ -10,16 +14,13 @@ Geostationary Satellite View +---------------------+----------------------------------------------------------+ | **Defined area** | Global | +---------------------+----------------------------------------------------------+ -| **Implemented by** | Gerald I. Evenden and Martin Raspaud | +| **Alias** | geos | +---------------------+----------------------------------------------------------+ -| **Options** | +| **Domain** | 2D | +---------------------+----------------------------------------------------------+ -| `+h` | Satellite height above earth. Required. | +| **Input type** | Geodetic coordinates | +---------------------+----------------------------------------------------------+ -| `+sweep` | Sweep angle axis of the viewing instrument. | -| | Valid options are ``x`` and ``y``. Defaults to ``y``. | -+---------------------+----------------------------------------------------------+ -| `+lon_0` | Subsatellite longitude point. | +| **Output type** | Projected coordinates | +---------------------+----------------------------------------------------------+ @@ -27,9 +28,6 @@ Geostationary Satellite View :scale: 50% :alt: Geostationary Satellite View -The geos projection pictures how a geostationary satellite scans the earth at regular -scanning angle intervals. - Usage ############################################################################### @@ -70,3 +68,33 @@ The sweep argument is used to tell PROJ which on which axis the outer-gimbal 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 x, and GOES should take sweep as y. + +Parameters +################################################################################ + +Required +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +.. include:: ../options/h.rst + + +Optional +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +.. option:: +sweep=<axis> + + Sweep angle axis of the viewing instrument. Valid options are *"x"* and *"y*". + + *Defaults to "y".* + +.. include:: ../options/lon_0.rst + +.. include:: ../options/R.rst + +.. include:: ../options/ellps.rst + +.. include:: ../options/x_0.rst + +.. include:: ../options/y_0.rst + + |