Catalog Criteria - setup search criteria for pass catalog

PANEL

Search By::  Telemetry Satellites DateRange Coverage TapeLabel

Telemetry @ zip

Satellites __________________________________________________

Start Date ________             End Date ________

Master [v] _________________    Trg Elev __      Sun Elev __

Label ___________               (Help)  (Quit)

DESCRIPTION

The Catalog Criteria panel is used to set criteria for generating the Catalog list in the main display panel. These criteria do not come into play until a Pass Type of Catalog is selected and the List button is pressed in the main panel. There are five distinct sets of criteria which can be used in any combination. If a satellite pass meets all selected criteria, it is listed. The search criteria are single telemetry, one or more satellites, start and end date, masterfile coverage, and tape label.

At this time, coverage criteria does not apply to geostationary satellite passes. Geostationary satellite passes are assumed to meet any coverage criteria, no matter how absurd.

PANEL ITEMS

Search By

This is a choose-many item for selecting up to five different search criteria for the pass catalog. At least one criteria should be selected, or no cataloged passes will be listed. The default is DateRange.

Telemetry

This item is enabled only if selected search criteria includes Telemetry. The list of telemetries is based on all active and inactive satellites listed in the $PASSDIR/satlist file, and satellite versus telemetry rules found in $SATDATA/SATSETUP.

Satellites

This item is enabled only if selected search criteria includes Satellites. Satellite names should be entered in lower case, separated by spaces. Wildcards are not supported. Satellite names should be defined in both $PASSDIR/satlist and $SATDATA/SATSETUP.

Start Date

This item is enabled only if selected search criteria includes DateRange. It uses the hh:mm:ss format in GMT. The default is yesterday's date GMT.

End Date

This item is enabled only if selected search criteria includes DateRange. It uses the hh:mm:ss format in GMT. The default is today's date GMT. End Date should be greater than or equal to Start Date.

Master

This item is enabled only if selected search criteria includes Coverage. It defines the masterfile used for coverage calculations. Masterfiles can be selected using the pulldown menu, or by manually entering a name. Pulldown menu choices are files in the directory $PASSDIR/masters.

The center of the masterfile is considered the target with respect to satellite and sun elevation calculations.

Trg Elev

This item is enabled only if selected search criteria includes Coverage. It determines which satellite passes will be listed, based on how high the satellite gets relative to the target. A given satellite pass will be listed only if the maximum satellite elevation relative to the target exceeds this number. The valid range is [0, 90]. The default is 0.

Sun Elev

This item is enabled only if selected search criteria includes Coverage. It defines the minimum sun elevation relative to the target. Sun elevation is computed when the satellites is at its maximum elevation relative to the target. This item is ignored when it is zero. The valid range is [0, 90]. The default is 0. To list only daytime passes, use Sun Elev of 1.

Label

This item is enabled only if selected search criteria includes TapeLabel. It must be manually entered, and is case sensitive.

Help

This button item brings up this description.

Quit

This button exits this panel. It does not change the list on the main panel. The List button on the main panel must be pressed in order to generate a new list of satellite passes.

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Last Update: $Date: 1999/05/10 21:04:13 $