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diff --git a/docs/source/usage/operations/projections/geos.rst b/docs/source/usage/operations/projections/geos.rst deleted file mode 100644 index 670985ae..00000000 --- a/docs/source/usage/operations/projections/geos.rst +++ /dev/null @@ -1,72 +0,0 @@ -.. _geos: - -******************************************************************************** -Geostationary Satellite View -******************************************************************************** -+---------------------+----------------------------------------------------------+ -| **Classification** | Azimuthal | -+---------------------+----------------------------------------------------------+ -| **Available forms** | Forward and inverse, spherical and elliptical projection | -+---------------------+----------------------------------------------------------+ -| **Defined area** | Global | -+---------------------+----------------------------------------------------------+ -| **Implemented by** | Gerald I. Evenden and Martin Raspaud | -+---------------------+----------------------------------------------------------+ -| **Options** | -+---------------------+----------------------------------------------------------+ -| `+h` | Satellite height above earth. Required. | -+---------------------+----------------------------------------------------------+ -| `+sweep` | Sweep angle axis of the viewing instrument. | -| | Valid options are ``x`` and ``y``. Defaults to ``y``. | -+---------------------+----------------------------------------------------------+ -| `+lon_0` | Subsatellite longitude point. | -+---------------------+----------------------------------------------------------+ - - -.. image:: ./images/geos.png - :scale: 50% - :alt: Geostationary Satellite View - -The geos projection pictures how a geostationary satellite scans the earth at regular -scanning angle intervals. - - -Usage -############################################################################### - -In order to project using the geos projection you can do the following:: - - proj +proj=geos +h=35785831.0 - -The required argument ``h`` is the viewing point (satellite position) height above -the earth. - -The projection coordinate relate to the scanning angle by the following simple -relation:: - - scanning_angle (radians) = projection_coordinate / h - - -Note on sweep angle -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -The viewing instrument on-board geostationary satellites described by this -projection have a two-axis gimbal viewing geometry. This means that the different -scanning positions are obtained by rotating the gimbal along a N/S axis (or ``y``) -and a E/W axis (or ``x``). - -.. image:: ../../../../images/geos_sweep.png - :scale: 50% - :alt: Gimbal geometry - -In the image above, the outer-gimbal axis, or sweep-angle axis, is the N/S axis (``y``) -while the inner-gimbal axis, or fixed-angle axis, is the E/W axis (``x``). - -This example represents the scanning geometry of the Meteosat series satellite. -However, the GOES satellite series use the opposite scanning geometry, with the -E/W axis (``x``) as the sweep-angle axis, and the N/S (``y``) as the fixed-angle axis. - -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. |
