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Viewing angle file

JSON meta-data file describing viewing angles associated with the product

Properties​

  • meanSunAngle (object): Averaged solar angles.
    • azimuthAngle (number, format: double): The azimuth angle measurement.
    • azimuthAngleUnit (string): The unit of the azimuth measurement (typically degrees).
    • zenithAngle (number, format: double): The zenith angle measurement.
    • zenithAngleUnit (string): The unit of the zenith measurement (typically degrees).
  • meanViewingIncidenceAngles (array): Averaged incidence angles listed by band ID.
    • Items (object)
      • azimuthAngle (number, format: double): The azimuth angle measurement.
      • azimuthAngleUnit (string): The unit of the azimuth measurement (typically degrees).
      • bandId (string)
      • zenithAngle (number, format: double): The zenith angle measurement.
      • zenithAngleUnit (string): The unit of the zenith measurement (typically degrees).
  • sunAngles (object): Angle grid describing how the sun is pointing towards the product.
    • azimuth: Solar azimuth values where the scene is subdivided in a grid of averaged values. Refer to #/$defs/Angle.
    • zenith: Solar zenith values where the scene is subdivided in a grid of averaged values. Refer to #/$defs/Angle.
  • viewingIncidenceAngles (array): Angle grid listing the incidence angles per band and detector ID.
    • Items (object)
      • azimuth: An averaged grid of azimuth viewing incidence angles. Refer to #/$defs/Angle.
      • bandId (string)
      • detectorId (string)
      • zenith: An averaged grid of zenith viewing incidence angles. Refer to #/$defs/Angle.

Definitions​

  • Angle (object)
    • columnStepSize (number, format: double): The number of unit steps included as a single column of which values are averaged in.
    • columnStepUnit (string): The column step unit (typically pixels or the map projection units).
    • rowStepSize (number, format: double): The number of unit steps included as a single row of which values are averaged in.
    • rowStepUnit (string): The row step unit (typically pixels or the map projection units).
    • values (array): A matrix of row and column values representing the averaged values.
      • Items (array)
        • Items (number, format: double)