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Coordinates Conversion Program I

The following program converts from pixel sample and line indexes to polar stereographic SSM/I grid coordinates to latitude and longitude coordinates. Program II converts from latitude and longitude coordinates to polar stereographic SSM/I grid coordinates to pixel sample lines and indexes.

c      Convert xy  11
c
c      This program  converts  from  Leads  ARI  grid sample,line
c      indexes to  polar  stereographic  SSM/I  grid coordinates
c      (in km) and to latitude and longitude.  This program is a
c      version of the program written by C.S. Morris, Jet Propulsion
c      Laboratory,  which appears in the NSIDC SSM/I User's
c      Guide, Section F, "SSMII Polar Grids".
c
c      Program adapted for Leads ARI grids by F.Fetterer,
c      NOARL Remote Sensing,Stennis  Space  Center,  March 1991

       real*4 x,y,alat,along
       real*8 e,e2,cdr,pi
       character*1 grid

c      Conversion constant, degrees to radians:
       cdr=57.29577951
c      Radius and eccentricity of earth (Hughes ellipsiod, km):
       re=6378.273
       e2=0.006693883
       e=SQRT(e2)
       pi=3.141592654
c      Standard parallel - latitude of no distortion
       slat=70.0
c      Puts 135 deg long. at the top of the grid:
       xlam=-45.

       print*, 'Type ''P'' for Pacific grid, ''E'' for European'
       accept*,grid
100    print*,'Type sample, line (9999,9999 to stop)'
       accept*,sample,rline
       if (sample.eq.9999.) goto 999
c      Transform sample, line coordinates to SSMI grid coordinates
       if(grid.eq.'P'.or.grid.eq.'p')then
        y=1975-rline
        x=-(2250-sample)
       else
        y=1300-rline
        x=sample
       end if
c      Comput latitude and longitude:
200    rho=SQRT(x**2+y**2)
       if(rho.gt.0.1)goto 250
       alat=90.
       along=0.
       goto 300
250    cm=COSD(slat)/SQRT(1.-e2*(SIND(slat)**2))
       t-TAN((pi/4.)-(slat/(2.*cdr)))/((1.-e*SIND(slat))/
    &  (1.+e*SIND(slat)))**(e/2.)
       t=rho*t/(re*cm)
       chi=(pi/2.)-2.*ATAN(T)

       alat=chi+((e2/2.)+(5.*e2**2./24.)+
    &  (e2**3./12.))*SIN(2*chi)+((7.*e2**2./
    &  48.)+(29.*e2**3/240.))*SIN(4.*chi)+
    &  (7.*e2**3./120.)*sin(6.*chi)

       alat=alat*cdr
       along=xlam+ATAN2D(x,-y)
       if(along.1t.0.) along  = along+360.
       if(along.gt.360.)along  =   along-360.
300    print*,'   Sample    Line       SSMI x      SSMI y lat
    &     Long'
       write (6,310)sample,rline,x,y,alat,along
       print*

       goto 100
310    format 4f10.2 2f10.4
999    continue
       end 

The program is reproduced from Fetterer and Hawkins. 1991. An AVHRR data set for the Arctic leads ARI. Naval Oceanographic and Atmospheric Research Laboratory, Technical Note 118. 61 p.