egm96geoid
Geoid height from Earth Gravitational Model 1996 (EGM96)
Syntaxes of the egm96geoid
function that return referencing vectors
have been removed. Use a syntax that returns a reference object instead. For more information,
see Version History.
Description
returns the height in meters of the geoid at the specified latitude and longitude from the
Earth Gravitational Model of 1996 (EGM96). Specify latitude and
longitude in degrees.N
= egm96geoid(lat
,lon
)
[
returns geoid heights for the entire globe as a 721-by-1441 matrix spaced at 15-minute
intervals with latitude limits N
,globalR
] = egm96geoid[-90 90]
and longitude limits
[0 360]
. The function also returns a geographic postings reference
object that contains spatial referencing information for the geoid heights.