ISKSolarSpectrum

class ISKSolarSpectrum(name)

The ISKClimatology interface is used to describe climatologies used in the radiative transfer models. The climatologies typically specify the number density of a given optically active species at various locations in the Earth’ s atmosphere and when combined with the cross-section data from the ISKOpticalProperty interface allows the optical depth of atmospheric rays to be calculated.

The ISKClimatology interface is much more flexible than just providing number densities, it can be used and extended to provide any scalar value at any location in the atmosphere. In addition one ISKClimatology object can provide more than one scalar, a frequent example is that models supporting atmospheric state will provide temperature, pressure and number density.

The ISKClimatology objects implement the concept of caching. Almost all climatological models and databases incur some overhead penalty when the user requests information from different times and locations in the atmosphere. In some models, such as user supplied tables, the overhead is insignificant but in other models, such as raw ECMWF files, the overhead can be very large. The ISKClimatology interface manages this issue by requesting that each ISKClimatology model update its internal cache before returning any atmospheric parameters. The size and nature of the cache is left to specific ISKClimatology object to decide but it is expected that all caches will store at least a vertical profile at the requested location:

import sasktranif.sasktranif as skif

sun  = skif.ISKSolarSpectrum('SAO2010')

:param str name:
The name of the solar spectrum to be created. The name must correspond to
an installed sasktranif solar spectrum.

IsValidObject

ISKSolarSpectrum.IsValidObject() ok

Used to identify if the underlying C++ solar spectrum is properly created. The function is primarily intended for internal usage:

ok = climate.IsValidObject();
Parameters:

ok (boolean) – The return value, true if the C++ object is properly constructed otehrwise false.

Returns:

returns true if successful

Irradiance

ISKSolarSpectrum.Irradiance(wavelengths) ok, irradiance

Return the solar irradiance at the top of the atmosphere at the current solar distance for the given wavelengths. The wavelengths are specified in nanometers in vacuum. The current solar distance is set by calls to SetSolarDistanceFromMjd() or SetSolarDistanceFromAU():

ok,irradiance = sun.Irradiance( wavelengths)
Parameters:
  • wavelengths (scalar/array) – The values (scalar or array) of wavelengths at which to calculate the top of the atmosphere solar irradiance.

  • irradiance (scalar/array) – Returns the values of irradiance at the requested wavelength in photons/cm2/sec/nm.

  • ok (boolean) – returns true if successful

Returns:

returns the 2 element list (ok, irradiance)

IrradianceAt1AU

ISKSolarSpectrum.IrradianceAt1AU(wavelengths) ok, irradiance

Return the solar irradiance at the top of the atmosphere at 1 AU for the given wavelengths. The wavelengths are specified in nanometers in vacuum:

ok,irradiance = sun.IrradianceAt1AU( wavelengths)
Parameters:
  • wavelengths (scalar/array) – The values (scalar or array) of wavelengths at which to calculate the 1 AU solar irradiance.

  • irradiance (scalar/array) – Returns the values of irradiance at the requested wavelength in photons/cm2/sec/nm.

  • ok (boolean) – returns true if successful

Returns:

returns the 2 element list (ok, irradiance)

SetSolarDistanceFromMjd

ISKSolarSpectrum.SetSolarDistanceFromMjd(mjd) ok

Set the distance of the Earth from the Sun using the modified julian date given in mjd. This distance will be used in subsequent calls to ~ISKSolarSpectrum.Irradiance to calculate the top-of-the-atmosphere irradiance. No attempt is made to correct for the distance of the observer/TOA from the centre of the Earth.:

ok = sun.SetSolarDistanceFromMjd (mjd )
Parameters:
  • mjd (double) – The modified Julian Date used to determine the position of the Earth.

  • ok (boolean) – Returns true if successful otherwise false

Returns:

Returns true if successful otherwise false

SetSolarDistanceFromAU

ISKSolarSpectrum.SetSolarDistanceFromAU(au) ok

Set the distance of the Earth from the Sun to the number of astronomical units specified by au. This distance will be used in subsequent calls to ~ISKSolarSpectrum.Irradiance to calculate the top-of-the-atmospher irradiance. One astronomical unit is the mean distance of the Earth from the Sun.

ok = sun.SetSolarDistanceFromAU (au)
Parameters:
  • au (double) – The distance of the Earth from the Sun in astronomical units.

  • ok (boolean) – Returns true if successful otherwise false

Returns:

Returns true if successful otherwise false

MinValidWavelength

ISKSolarSpectrum.MinValidWavelength() ok, minwavelength

Returns the minimum wavelength supported by this solar spectrum:

ok,minwavelen = sun.MinValidWavelength()
Parameters:
  • minwavelen (double) – Returns the minimum wavelength in nanometers in vacuum supported by this solar spectrum object.

  • ok (boolean) – Returns true if successful otherwise false

Returns:

Returns the list (ok, minwavelen)

MaxValidWavelength

ISKSolarSpectrum.MaxValidWavelength() ok, minwavelength

Returns the maximum wavelength supported by this solar spectrum:

ok,maxwavelen = sun.MaxValidWavelength()
Parameters:
  • maxwavelen (double) – Returns the maximum wavelength in nanometers in vacuum supported by this solar spectrum object.

  • ok (boolean) – Returns true if successful otherwise false

Returns:

Returns the list (ok, minwavelen)

NanometerResolutionFWHM

ISKSolarSpectrum.NanometerResolutionFWHM(wavelengths) ok, fwhm

Return the spectral resolution of this solar spectrum object at the specified wavelengths:

ok,fwhm = sun.NanometerResolutionFWHM( wavelengths)
Parameters:
  • wavelengths (scalar/array) – The values (scalar or array) of wavelengths in nanometers at which to calculate the spectral resolution o fthe solar spectrum.

  • fwhm (scalar/array) – Returns the spectral resolution of the solar spectrum at the specified wavelengths as Full-Width-Half Maximum expressed in nanometers.

  • ok (boolean) – returns true if successful

Returns:

returns the 2 element list (ok, fwhm)

SetProperty

ISKSolarSpectrum.SetProperty(propertyname, value) ok

Set custom properties of the solar spectrum object. The user must refer to documentation about the specific solar spectrum object to see what properties it supports:

ok = sun.SetProperty(propertyname, value)
Parameters:
  • propertyname (string) – The name of the custom property to be modified.

  • value (double/array/object) – The new value of the property. The value must be a scalar double, array of doubles or a SasktranIF object

  • ok (boolean) – returns true if successful

Returns:

returns true if successful