MATLAB: Decimal Degrees to metres

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I received a data set and the x and y data given is in decimal degrees and this is causing a huge error in a vorticity calculation I later use. I need the x and y data to be in metres and therefore I believe the best way to deal with this is to convert to UTM. Does anyone know how to do this?
The data set I have is X=255*302 structure & Y=255*302 structure. Would really appreciate some advice, haven't dealt with anything like this before.

Best Answer

Hi. There are mercator.m files available on the File Exchange.
Generally, it should look something like this.
radian = degree * pi/180; % Since your x (lng) and y (lat) are given in decimal degrees.
earth_radius = 6378.137;
lng = (x * radian - 135/180*pi) * earth_radius; %[km]

lat = atanh(sin(y)) * earth_radius; %[km]
Since you have a structures, it is better to write function mercator that your data can easily be implemented.