4.1.1.0 atmosphere.updateAtmProfile

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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 = qa.quantity(275.0, ’K’)
print at.updateAtmProfile(alt, new_tmp, pre, hum, wvl, h0)
# UPDATED BASIC ATMOSPHERIC PARAMETERS TO GENERATE REFERENCE ATMOSPHERIC PROFILE
#
# Ground temperature T:         275 K
# Ground pressure P:            560 mb
# Relative humidity rh:         20 %
# Scale height h0:              2 km
# Altitude alti:                5000 m
# Tropospheric lapse rate:      -5.6 K/km

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