THIS SUBROUTINE RETURNS THE VALUE OF THE EARTH ROTATION ANGLE (THETA) FOR A GIVEN UT1 JULIAN DATE. THE EXPRESSION USED IS TAKEN FROM THE NOTE TO IAU RESOLUTION B1.8 OF 2000.
DATE1 = HIGH-ORDER PART OF UT1 JULIAN DATE (IN)
DATE2 = LOW-ORDER PART OF UT1 JULIAN DATE (IN)
THETA = EARTH ROTATION ANGLE IN DEGREES (OUT)
Type | Intent | Optional | Attributes | Name | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
real(kind=wp) | :: | date1 | ||||
real(kind=wp) | :: | date2 | ||||
real(kind=wp) | :: | theta |