pyTomoAO.atmosphereParametersClass.atmosphereParameters

class pyTomoAO.atmosphereParametersClass.atmosphereParameters(config)

Bases: object

Encapsulates atmospheric parameters for optical turbulence modeling.

Handles: - Layer altitudes and turbulence strengths - Wind profiles - Zenith angle effects - Derived parameters (airmass, r0, etc.)

Parameters:

config (dict)

property nLayer: int

Number of atmospheric layers (positive integer)

property zenithAngleInDeg: float

Observation zenith angle in degrees (0-90)

property airmass: float

Airmass (1/cos(zenith angle))

property altitude_km: ndarray

Layer altitudes in kilometers (nLayer-length array)

property altitude: ndarray

Scaled layer altitudes in meters (base altitude times airmass)

property L0: float

Outer scale in meters (positive value)

property r0_zenith: float

Fried parameter at zenith in meters (positive value)

property r0: float

Observed Fried parameter (scaled by zenith angle)

property fractionnalR0: ndarray

Relative turbulence strength per layer (sums to 1)

property windDirection_deg: ndarray

Wind directions in degrees (nLayer-length array)

property windDirection: ndarray

Wind directions in radians

property windSpeed: ndarray

Wind speeds in m/s (nLayer-length array, positive)

property windVx: ndarray

Eastward wind component (m/s)

property windVy: ndarray

Northward wind component (m/s)

property wavelength: float

Observation wavelength in meters (positive value)