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atmosphere.updateAtmProfile - Function

4.1.1 Update basic atmospheric parameters of atmosphere tool
Description

This is used to update the atmosphere tool when basic atmospheric parameters.change.

Arguments





Inputs

altitude

m

Site altitude - Quantity with units of altitude, meter

allowed:

doublem

Default:

5000.

temperature

K

Ambient ground temperature - Quantity with units of temperature, K

allowed:

doubleK

Default:

270.0

pressure

mbar

Ambient ground pressure - Quantity with units of pressure, mbar

allowed:

doublembar

Default:

560.0

humidity

Relative humidy used to guess water (0-100)

allowed:

double

Default:

20.0

dTem_dh

K/km

Tropospheric Lapse Rate - the derivative of temperature with respect to height - Quantity with units of K/km

allowed:

doubleK/km

Default:

-5.6

h0

km

scale height for water( exp distribution ) - Quantity with the dimension of length, and units of kilometer

allowed:

doublekm

Default:

2.0

Returns
string

Example

new_tmp = quantity(275.0,’K’)  
print at.updateAtmProfile(alt, new_tmp, pre, hum, wvl, h0)

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