1 earth_radius

earth_radius

1.1 Functions

Name	Description
earth_radius	Compute the earth radius giving the geocentric or geodetic latitude
geocentric_to_geodetic_lat	Convert geocentric latitude to geodetic latitude
geodetic_to_geocentric_lat	Convert geodetic latitude to geocentric latitude

1.1.1 earth_radius

earth_radius.earth_radius(lat, lat_type='geocentric')

Compute the earth radius giving the geocentric or geodetic latitude

1.1.1.1 Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Default
lat	(float,)	Geocentric or geodetic latitude in degrees	required
lat_type	str	The latitude type, 2 options: “geocentric”, “geodetic”	'geocentric'

1.1.1.2 Returns

Name	Type	Description
rad	float	The earth radius at the given latitude

1.1.2 geocentric_to_geodetic_lat

earth_radius.geocentric_to_geodetic_lat(lat)

Convert geocentric latitude to geodetic latitude

1.1.2.1 Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Default
lat	float	Geocentric latitude in degrees	required

1.1.2.2 Returns

Name	Type	Description
out	float	Geodetic latitude in degrees

1.1.3 geodetic_to_geocentric_lat

earth_radius.geodetic_to_geocentric_lat(lat)

Convert geodetic latitude to geocentric latitude

1.1.3.1 Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Default
lat	float	Geodetic latitude in degrees	required

1.1.3.2 Returns

Name	Type	Description
out	float	Geocentric latitude in degrees