ostk.physics.environment.atmospheric.Earth

class Earth(

self: ostk.physics.environment.atmospheric.Earth,

type: ostk.physics.environment.atmospheric.Earth.Type,

input_data_type: ostk.physics.environment.atmospheric.Earth.InputDataType = <InputDataType.Undefined: 0>,

f107_constant_value: ostk.core.type.Real = 150.0,

f107_average_constant_value: ostk.core.type.Real = 150.0,

kp_constant_value: ostk.core.type.Real = 3.0,

earth_frame: ostk.physics.coordinate.Frame = Frame.ITRF(),

earth_radius: ostk.physics.unit.Length = WGS84.equatorialRadius_,

earth_flattening: ostk.core.type.Real = WGS84.flattening_,

sun_celestial: ostk.physics.environment.object.Celestial = None,

)

Bases: pybind11_object

Earth atmospheric model.

Constructor.

Parameters:

• type (Earth.Type) -- Earth atmospheric model type.

• input_data_type (Earth.InputDataType) -- Earth atmospheric model input data type.

• f107_constant_value (Real) -- F10.7 constant value.

• f107_average_constant_value (Real) -- F10.7a constant value.

• kp_constant_value (Real) -- Kp constant value.

• earth_frame (Frame) -- Earth frame.

• earth_radius (Length) -- Earth radius [m].

• earth_flattening (Real) -- Earth flattening.

• sun_celestial (Celestial) -- Sun celestial object.

Returns:

Earth atmospheric model.

Return type:

Earth

Methods

get_density_at	Overloaded function.
get_input_data_type	Get the Earth atmospheric model input data type.
get_type	Get the Earth atmospheric model type.
is_defined	Check if the Earth atmospheric model is defined.

class InputDataType(

self: ostk.physics.environment.atmospheric.Earth.InputDataType,

value: int,

)

Bases: pybind11_object

Members:

Undefined :

Undefined.

ConstantFluxAndGeoMag :

Use constant values for F10.7, F10.7a and Kp NRLMSISE00 input parameters.

CSSISpaceWeatherFile :

Use historical and predicted values for F10.7, F10.7a and Kp NRLMSISE00 input parameters from CSSI.

property name

class Type(self: ostk.physics.environment.atmospheric.Earth.Type, value: int)

Bases: pybind11_object

Members:

Undefined :

Undefined.

Exponential :

Exponential atmospheric density model, valid up to 1000 km.

NRLMSISE00 :

Navy Research Lab Mass Spectrometer and Incoherent Scatter Radar Exosphere 2000.

property name

get_density_at(*args, **kwargs)

Overloaded function.

1. get_density_at(self: ostk.physics.environment.atmospheric.Earth, position: ostk.physics.coordinate.Position, instant: ostk.physics.time.Instant) -> ostk.core.type.Real

   Get the atmospheric density value at a given position and instant.

   Args:

   position (Position): A position. instant (Instant): An instant.

   Returns:

   float: Atmospheric density value [kg.m^-3].

2. get_density_at(self: ostk.physics.environment.atmospheric.Earth, lla: ostk.physics.coordinate.spherical.LLA, instant: ostk.physics.time.Instant) -> ostk.core.type.Real

   Get the atmospheric density value at a given position and instant.

   Args:

   lla (LLA): A position, expressed as latitude, longitude, altitude [deg, deg, m]. instant (Instant): An instant.

   Returns:

   float: Atmospheric density value [kg.m^-3].

get_input_data_type(

self: ostk.physics.environment.atmospheric.Earth,

) → ostk.physics.environment.atmospheric.Earth.InputDataType

Get the Earth atmospheric model input data type.

Returns:

Earth atmospheric model input data type.

Return type:

Earth.InputDataType

get_type(

self: ostk.physics.environment.atmospheric.Earth,

) → ostk.physics.environment.atmospheric.Earth.Type

Get the Earth atmospheric model type.

Returns:

Earth atmospheric model type.

Return type:

Earth.Type

is_defined(self: ostk.physics.environment.atmospheric.Earth) → bool

Check if the Earth atmospheric model is defined.

Returns:

True if defined.

Return type:

bool