fr.cnes.sirius.patrius.signalpropagation.ionosphere

Interface IonosphericCorrection

All Superinterfaces:

IParameterizable, Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

BentModel

public interface IonosphericCorrection
extends IParameterizable

Interface for all the signal propagation corrections due to the ionosphere : computation of the electronic content.

Since:

1.3

Version:

$Id$

Author:

Thomas Trapier

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
double	computeSignalDelay(double frequency, AbsoluteDate date, Vector3D satellite, Frame satFrame) Calculates the ionospheric signal delay for the signal path from the position of the transmitter and the receiver and the current date.
double	derivativeValue(Parameter p, AbsoluteDate date, Vector3D satellite, Frame satFrame) Compute the derivative value with respect to the input parameter.
boolean	isDifferentiableBy(Parameter p) Tell if the function is differentiable by the given parameter.

Methods inherited from interface fr.cnes.sirius.patrius.math.parameter.IParameterizable

getParameters, supportsParameter

Method Detail

computeSignalDelay

double computeSignalDelay(double frequency,
                          AbsoluteDate date,
                          Vector3D satellite,
                          Frame satFrame)
                   throws PatriusException

Calculates the ionospheric signal delay for the signal path from the position of the transmitter and the receiver and the current date.

Parameters:

frequency - signal frequency [Hz]

date - the current date

satellite - the satellite position

satFrame - the satellite position frame

Returns:

the ionospheric signal delay

Throws:

PatriusException - thrown if computation failed

derivativeValue

double derivativeValue(Parameter p,
                       AbsoluteDate date,
                       Vector3D satellite,
                       Frame satFrame)

Compute the derivative value with respect to the input parameter.

Parameters:

p - parameter

date - the current date

satellite - the satellite position

satFrame - the satellite position frame

Returns:

the derivative value

isDifferentiableBy

boolean isDifferentiableBy(Parameter p)

Tell if the function is differentiable by the given parameter.

Parameters:

p - function parameter

Returns:

true if the function is differentiable by the given parameter.