Lambert Azimuthal and 1st standard

[dunnj at boulder.Colorado.EDU]

Good Afternoon,

I am trying to get a LAEA projected image into grass. I have the laea PROJ file 
set up and can display the image but it is extremely scretched west to east. 

I am interested to know if I am specigying the right 1st standard parallel 
when asked for by the projection menu.

Basically I have an OTTER image, with

Center Lat = 44.4242

Center Lon = -122.3086

1st Standard Parallel = 45.8311 (upper latitude) is this correct ?

Also what is the standard ellipsoid that can be used with this projection 

clark66 or clark80 , what are people using for the best results. 

The stretch in the image should be about 2:1 (east west:north south)

Any suggestions 


Thanks 

Jeremy