SPH2CART2D Convert spherical coordinates to cartesian coordinates in degrees. C = SPH2CART2(THETA, PHI, RHO) C = SPH2CART2(THETA, PHI) (assume rho = 1) C = SPH2CART2(S) [X, Y, Z] = SPH2CART2(THETA, PHI, RHO); S = [phi theta rho] (spherical coordinate). C = [X Y Z] (cartesian coordinate) The following convention is used: THETA is the colatitude, in degrees, 0 for north pole, +180 degrees for south pole, +90 degrees for points with z=0. PHI is the azimuth, in degrees, defined as matlab cart2sph: angle from Ox axis, counted counter-clockwise. RHO is the distance of the point to the origin. Discussion on choice for convention can be found at: http://www.physics.oregonstate.edu/bridge/papers/spherical.pdf See also: angles3d, cart2sph2d, sph2cart2 ------ Author: David Legland e-mail: david.legland@grignon.inra.fr Created: 2011-06-29, using Matlab 7.9.0.529 (R2009b) Copyright 2011 INRA - Cepia Software Platform.
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