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Group geodetic_const

Modules > geodetic_const

Earth geometry and geodetic constants.

Public Attributes

Type Name
real(rk) canopy_const_mod::dg2m
Latitude degrees to meters conversion factor [m/deg].
real(rk), parameter canopy_const_mod::grav = 9.80622\_rk
Mean gravitational acceleration [m/sec²].
real(rk), parameter canopy_const_mod::rearth = 6371008.8\_rk
Radius of Earth [m].
real(rk), parameter canopy_const_mod::siday = 86164.09\_rk
Length of a sidereal day sec __
real(rk), parameter canopy_const_mod::solcnst = 1373.0
Solar Constant W/m² __

Public Attributes Documentation

variable dg2m

Latitude degrees to meters conversion factor [m/deg].

real(rk) canopy_const_mod::dg2m;


variable grav

Mean gravitational acceleration [m/sec²].

real(rk), parameter canopy_const_mod::grav;

Mean of polar and equatorial values (Source: CRC76, pp. 14-6)


variable rearth

Radius of Earth [m].

real(rk), parameter canopy_const_mod::rearth;

Radius of sphere having same surface area as Clarke ellipsoid of 1866 WGS84 arithmetic mean radius (Source: Snyder, 1987)


variable siday

Length of a sidereal day sec __

real(rk), parameter canopy_const_mod::siday;


variable solcnst

Solar Constant W/m² __

real(rk), parameter canopy_const_mod::solcnst;