Longitudes of repeating ground tracks
[result] = CL_op_repeatGroundTracks(N,P,Q, option)
Computes the longitudes of the ground tracks (at a reference latitude) of a repeat orbit.
result contains :
- first column : result(:,1) : orbit number
- second column : result(:,2) : number of orbital days in the cycle
- third column : result(:,3) : longitude gap between first ground track and current ground track (rad)
- fourth column : result(:,4) : longitude gap between first ground track and current ground track expressed in reference longitude gaps, where reference longitude gap = 2*%pi/(N*Q+P)
Value of N (1x1)
Value of P (1x1)
Value of Q (1x1)
(optional) 0 = all longitudes, 1 = successive longitudes in [0; DL[, 2 = successive longitudes in [-DL/2; DL/2[ such that gap with initial longitude is decreasing (default is 1)
see description (Mx4)
CNES - DCT/SB
// number of longitude reference gaps // versus number of orbital days : N = 15; P = 3; Q = 16; result = CL_op_repeatGroundTracks(N,P,Q); plot(result(:,2),result(:,4),'s'); // number of longitude reference gaps versus // number of orbital days (decreasing values) : result = CL_op_repeatGroundTracks(N,P,Q,option=2); plot(result(:,2),result(:,4),'s'); | ![]() | ![]() |