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Re: Dozier Formula
From: Michael Wescott
Date: 2001 Nov 19, 2:46 PM
From: Michael Wescott
Date: 2001 Nov 19, 2:46 PM
> The normal Dozier formula is:
> tan Zn = sin LHA / cos LHA * sin L - cos L * sin d
>
> Rewritten as because of the result coming out 180 degrees off and of using
> the Polar-to-rectangular function:
> tan(Zn - 180) = sin LHA / cos LHA * sin L - cos L * tan d
>
> Then *using invented notation* rewritten again as:
> Zn = 180 + R->P (sin LHA * cos d, cos LHA * cos d * sin L - cos L * tan d
>
> Now can someone explain what the COMMA after the first cos d stands for?
R->P (presumably rectangular to polar) is a function that takes 2 inputs.
The comma separates those two inputs.
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Mike Wescott
Wescott_Mike@EMC.COM
