calc_GPS_time.py

  • Calculates the GPS time for CryoSat-2 data
  • Calculates the number of leap seconds that have passed for each GPS time
  • Can be used to convert from TAI time to UTC

Calling Sequence

from cryosat_toolkit.calc_GPS_time import calc_GPS_time, count_leap_seconds
GPS_Time = calc_GPS_time(day, second, micsec)
n_leaps = count_leap_seconds(GPS_Time)

Source code

Arguments

  1. day: day portion of CryoSat-2 date variable
  2. second: seconds portion of CryoSat-2 date variable
  3. micsec: microseconds portion of CryoSat-2 date variable

Returns

  • GPS time (seconds since 1980-01-06T00:00:00)