magpie.coords.usphere_area
- magpie.coords.usphere_area(phi_min, phi_max, theta_min, theta_max)
Returns the area for a ‘square’ segment of a unit sphere given in spherical coordinates phi, theta.
- Parameters
- phi_minfloat
Minimum latitudinal coordinate in radians (where phi lies [0, 2pi]).
- phi_maxfloat
Maximum latitudinal coordinate in radians (where phi lies [0, 2pi]).
- theta_minfloat
Minimum longitudinal coordinate in radians (where theta lies [0, pi]).
- theta_maxfloat
Maximum longitudinal coordinate in radians (where theta lies [0, pi]).
- Returns
- Areafloat
Area in square radians.