Documentation of read_topo82

Global Index (all files) (short | long) | Local Index (files in subdir) (short | long)

Function Synopsis

[latgrat,longrat,mat] = read_topo82(latlim,lonlim)

Help text

 Purpose: read topo8.2.img global 2-minute (4 km) topography from
 satellite bathymetry. The data is available over the Internet via
 anonymous FTP from <ftp://topex.ucsd.edu/pub/global_topo_2min/>.

 Variables:
   - latlim: vector of limits in latitude: [south:-90 north:90]
   - lonlim: vector of limits in longitude: [east:0 west:360]
   - latgart: latitude vector of elevations
   - longart: longtitude vector of elevations
   - map: vector of levations

 Global variables: DATA_DIR

Cross-Reference Information

	This function is called by
	m_plot_track

Pierre-Michel THEVENY <theveny@dt.insu.cnrs.fr>