4.1.1.0 atmosphere.getBasicAtmParms

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atmosphere.getBasicAtmParms - Function

4.1.1 Gets the current basic atmospheric parameters of the model.
Arguments


Outputs
altitude	m	Site altitude - Quantity with units of altitude, meter
		allowed:	doublem
		Default:
temperature	K	Ambient ground temperature - Quantity with units of temperature, K
		allowed:	doubleK
		Default:
pressure	mbar	Ambient pressure - Quantity with units of pressure, mbar
		allowed:	doublembar
		Default:
maxAltitude	km	altitude of the top pf the modelled atmosphere - Quantity with dimension of length, and units of kilometer
		allowed:	doublekm
		Default:
humidity		Ground relative humidity used to guess water (0-100)
		allowed:	double
		Default:
dTem_dh	K/km	Current Tropospheric Lapse Rate (the derivative of temperature with respect to height) - Quantity with units of K/km
		allowed:	doubleK/km
		Default:
dP	mbar	initial pressure step - Quantity with the units of pressure, mb
		allowed:	doublembar
		Default:
dPm		pressure multiplicative factor for steps
		allowed:	double
		Default:
h0	km	Water vapor scale height ( exp distribution ) - Quantity with the dimension of length, and units of kilometer
		allowed:	doublekm
		Default:
atmType		atmospheric type used to describe the behaviour above the tropopause. 1(tropical),2(mid latitude summer),3(mid latitude winter), 4(subarctic summer),5(subarctic winter), dimensionless
		allowed:	string
		Default:

Returns
string

Example

p = at.getBasicAtmParms()
# returns a tuple of
# 0 - string listing of parameters, 1 - altitude, 2 - temperature,
# 3 - pressure, 4 - maxAltitude, 5 - humidity, 6 - dTem_dh,
# 7 - dP, 8 - dPm. 9 - h0, and 10 - atmType
print "Atmospheric type:   ", p[10]
# Atmospheric type:    TROPICAL
print "Ground temperature: ", p[2][’value’][0], p[2][’unit’]
# Ground temperature:  288.16 K
print p[0]           # a "pretty" listing of all the parameters
# CURRENT ATMOSPHERIC PARAMETERS OF REFERENCE ATMOSPHERIC PROFILE
#
# Ground temperature T:         275 K
# Ground pressure P:            560 mbar
# Relative humidity rh:         20 %
# Scale height h0:              2 km
# Pressure step dp:             10 mbar
# Altitude alti:                5000 m
# Attitude top atm profile      48 km
# Pressure step factor          1.2
# Tropospheric lapse rate       -5.6 K/km
# Atmospheric type:             TROPICAL
#
# Atmospheric profile has 20 layers.

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