How to obtain solar angle, solar zenith, sensor angle from SeaHawk and MODIS Aqua?

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How to obtain solar angle, solar zenith, sensor angle from SeaHawk and MODIS Aqua?

by masudocn02 » Wed Jan 25, 2023 4:14 pm America/New_York

I downloaded SEAHAWK1_HAWKEYE.20210703T133243.L1A.nc file and I created the GEO file (e.g., SEAHAWK1_HAWKEYE.20210703T133243.GEO.hdf) by using geolocate_hawkeye. I am using version 8.1 Seadas GUI. When I try to run l2gen and I select the specific products that I want (sola, solz, sena, senz) it does not run, what am I missing? I have the same problems with MODIS AQUA. I will be happy to know if there another way to get the sola, solz, sena, and senz values for the particular sensor.

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Re: How to obtain solar angle, solar zenith, sensor angle from SeaHawk and MODIS Aqua?

by OB SeaDAS - xuanyang02 » Thu Jan 26, 2023 11:12 am America/New_York

You should be able to get sola, solz, sena, and senz values for SeaHawk and MODIS Aqua files. Please make sure none of sola_***, solz_***, sena_***, and senz_*** is checked on the product tree.
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Re: How to obtain solar angle, solar zenith, sensor angle from SeaHawk and MODIS Aqua?

by masudocn02 » Tue Jan 31, 2023 2:22 pm America/New_York

Thank you so much! It works now.

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