ee.Number.acos

Computes the arccosine in radians of the input.
Usage Returns
Number. acos () Number
Argument Type Details
this: input
Number The input value.

Examples

Code Editor (JavaScript)

 // The domain of arccosine is [-1,1], inputs outside the domain are invalid. 
 print 
 ( 
 'Arccosine of -1' 
 , 
  
 ee 
 . 
 Number 
 ( 
 - 
 1 
 ). 
 acos 
 ()); 
  
 // 3.141592653 (π) 
 print 
 ( 
 'Arccosine of 0' 
 , 
  
 ee 
 . 
 Number 
 ( 
 0 
 ). 
 acos 
 ()); 
  
 // 1.570796326 (π/2) 
 print 
 ( 
 'Arccosine of 1' 
 , 
  
 ee 
 . 
 Number 
 ( 
 1 
 ). 
 acos 
 ()); 
  
 // 0 

Python setup

See the Python Environment page for information on the Python API and using geemap for interactive development.

 import 
  
 ee 
 import 
  
 geemap.core 
  
 as 
  
 geemap 

Colab (Python)

 # The domain of arccosine is [-1,1], inputs outside the domain are invalid. 
 print 
 ( 
 'Arccosine of -1:' 
 , 
 ee 
 . 
 Number 
 ( 
 - 
 1 
 ) 
 . 
 acos 
 () 
 . 
 getInfo 
 ()) 
 # 3.141592653 (π) 
 print 
 ( 
 'Arccosine of 0:' 
 , 
 ee 
 . 
 Number 
 ( 
 0 
 ) 
 . 
 acos 
 () 
 . 
 getInfo 
 ()) 
 # 1.570796326 (π/2) 
 print 
 ( 
 'Arccosine of 1:' 
 , 
 ee 
 . 
 Number 
 ( 
 1 
 ) 
 . 
 acos 
 () 
 . 
 getInfo 
 ()) 
 # 0 
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