calculate grid area a function of latitude and longitude on earth'ssurface

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From: Steve Knox <stevek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2004 08:52:43 -0700
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I have a grid with each grid cell "cellsize" degrees by "cellsize" degrees, covering the world. Does anyone have an algorithm for calculating the grid area as a function of latitude and longitude?
Thanks for any help.

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