Calculating solar angles

To calculate the solar zenith and azimuth angles:

  1. Enter the image’s Acquisition time in hh:mm:ss (GMT).
  2. Enter the scene’s Latitude and Longitude coordinates, in decimal degrees.
  3. Click Calculate to compute the image’s solar zenith and solar azimuth values.
  4. Click OK to close the window. The calculated information appears in the Sensor and image settings panel.
Parent topic: Specifying sensor and image settings
Next topic: Manually entering calibration coefficients

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