Evan,
Evan Manning said the following on 10/20/2010 5:40 PM:
I don't see any need for instrument zen& azi. These are angles to
the instrument as seen from the observed location, and they must be
equal to the angles for the platform on which the instrument is
mounted.
When we discussed initially these standard names in my office a few
radar guys argued there could be instrument configurations where
platform's and instrument's locations are deliberately not the same. And
as a more general approach we settled on proposing "instrument_*" names.
You are correct for vast majority of satellite instruments.
So I now propose: platform_zenith_angle platform_azimuth_angle
platform_view_angle instrument_scan_angle (or sensor_scan_angle)
The above standard names satisfy my immediate requirements. What others
think of including the "instrument_zenith_angle" and
"instrument_azimuth_angle" or prefer to have a real-life use case first?
-Aleksandar
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