convert_delta_time

  • Converts time from delta seconds into Julian and year-decimal

Calling Sequence

from icesat2_toolkit.convert_delta_time import convert_delta_time
t_date = convert_delta_time(delta_time)['decimal']

Source code

icesat2_toolkit.convert_delta_time(delta_time, gps_epoch=1198800018.0)[source]

converts ICESat-2 delta_times into into Julian and year-decimal

Parameters
delta_time: float

seconds since gps_epoch

gps_epoch: float, default 1198800018.0

seconds between delta_time and GPS epoch (1980-01-06T00:00:00)

Returns
julian: float

time in Julian days

decimal: float

time in year-decimal