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get_radius_normal

PURPOSE ^

get_radius_normal normal along the prime vertical section ellipsoidal radius of curvature

SYNOPSIS ^

function N = get_radius_normal(lat, E)

DESCRIPTION ^

get_radius_normal    normal along the prime vertical section ellipsoidal radius of curvature
 

 Inputs
 ------
 lat: geodetic latitude in Radians
 ell: referenceEllipsoid() struct 
 
 Outputs
 -------
 N: normal along the prime vertical section ellipsoidal radius of curvature, at a given geodetic latitude.

CROSS-REFERENCE INFORMATION ^

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SOURCE CODE ^

0001 function N = get_radius_normal(lat, E)
0002 %get_radius_normal    normal along the prime vertical section ellipsoidal radius of curvature
0003 %
0004 %
0005 % Inputs
0006 % ------
0007 % lat: geodetic latitude in Radians
0008 % ell: referenceEllipsoid() struct
0009 %
0010 % Outputs
0011 % -------
0012 % N: normal along the prime vertical section ellipsoidal radius of curvature, at a given geodetic latitude.
0013 
0014     N = E.SemimajorAxis^2 ./ sqrt( E.SemimajorAxis^2 .* cos(lat).^2 + E.SemiminorAxis^2 .* sin(lat).^2 );
0015 end
0016 
0017 % Copyright (c) 2014-2018 Michael Hirsch, Ph.D.
0018 % Copyright (c) 2013, Felipe Geremia Nievinski
0019 %
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0021 % 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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