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Hi Julia, re: > I need some help in calculating viewing angle. Is there a McIDAS command > to do it? No. > I have seen in the program manual that function nv1sae can do > it. I searched through my computer. But I didn't find such fortran > fuction. The source module for the nv1sae entry point is created from the NVXSAE entry point in each navigation file in McIDAS. The list of these files is: /home/mcidas/mcidas2006/src% ls nvx* nvxgeos.dlm nvxmerc.dlm nvxmsgt.dlm nvxsin.dlm nvxdmsp.dlm nvxgvar.dlm nvxmtst.dlm nvxmoll.dlm nvxps.dlm nvxtanc.dlm nvxgmsx.dlm nvxkalp.dlm nvxlalo.dlm nvxmsat.dlm nvxradr.dlm nvxtiro.dlm nvxgoes.dlm nvxlamb.dlm nvxmsg.dlm nvxrect.dlm nvxairc.dlm nvxgraf.dlm > The closest function whose name begins with nv1s is: > > mcidas@dundo:~$ find ./ -name nv1s\* > > ./mcidas2006/src/nv1sin.f > > ./mcidas2006/src/nv1sin.o > > Do you have any idea why there is no nv1sae in my installation? The McIDAS build process creates three entry points for each routine specified: nv1sae, nv2sae, and nv3sae. The routine name in the navigation module files is always named nvxsae (or NVXSAE). The build process mangles the name into nv1sae, nv2sae, and nv3sae. The reason for this mangling is a bit hard to explain other than the simple comment that SSEC found it useful to have three different interfaces to the same code. > Thank you very much. Exactly what are you trying to accomplish? I may be able to offer some advice that will help you along. Cheers, Tom **************************************************************************** Unidata User Support UCAR Unidata Program (303) 497-8642 P.O. Box 3000 address@hidden Boulder, CO 80307 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unidata HomePage http://www.unidata.ucar.edu **************************************************************************** Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: RYQ-556281 Department: Support McIDAS Priority: Normal Status: Closed