ee.Array.asin

  • The Array.asin() method computes the arcsine in radians for each element of an input array.

  • This method takes an Array as input and returns an Array.

  • The provided examples demonstrate how to use Array.asin() in both JavaScript and Python, including plotting the function.

 On an element-wise basis, computes the arcsine in radians of the input.

UsageReturns
Array.asin()Array
ArgumentTypeDetails
this: inputArrayThe input array.

Examples

Code Editor (JavaScript)

print(ee.Array([-1]).asin());  // [-π/2]
print(ee.Array([0]).asin());  // [0]
print(ee.Array([1]).asin());  // [π/2]

var start = -1;
var end = 1;
var points = ee.Array(ee.List.sequence(start, end, null, 50));
var values = points.asin();

// Plot asin() defined above.
var chart = ui.Chart.array.values(values, 0, points)
    .setOptions({
      viewWindow: {min: start, max: end},
      hAxis: {
        title: 'x',
        viewWindowMode: 'maximized',
        ticks: [
          {v: start, f: start},
          {v: 0, f: 0},
          {v: end, f: end}]
      },
      vAxis: {
        title: 'asin(x)',
        ticks: [
          {v: -Math.PI / 2, f: '-π/2'},
          {v: 0, f: 0},
          {v: Math.PI / 2, f: 'π/2'}]
      },
      lineWidth: 1,
      pointSize: 0,
    });
print(chart);

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)

import math
import altair as alt
import pandas as pd

display(ee.Array([-1]).asin())  # [-π/2]
display(ee.Array([0]).asin())  # [0]
display(ee.Array([1]).asin())  # [π/2]

start = -1
end = 1
points = ee.Array(ee.List.sequence(start, end, None, 50))
values = points.asin()

df = pd.DataFrame({'x': points.getInfo(), 'asin(x)': values.getInfo()})

# Plot asin() defined above.
alt.Chart(df).mark_line().encode(
    x=alt.X('x', axis=alt.Axis(values=[start, 0, end])),
    y=alt.Y('asin(x)', axis=alt.Axis(values=[-math.pi / 2, 0, math.pi / 2]))
)