org.orekit.models.earth
Interface TroposphericCorrection

All Superinterfaces:

Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

AzoulayModel, FixedDelayModel

public interface TroposphericCorrection
extends Serializable

Defines a tropospheric model, used to calculate the signal delay for the signal path imposed to electro-magnetic signals between an orbital satellite and a ground station.

Author:

Thomas Neidhart

Method Summary

double

computeSignalDelay(double elevation) Calculates the tropospheric signal delay for the signal path from a ground station to a satellite.

Method Detail

computeSignalDelay

double computeSignalDelay(double elevation)

Calculates the tropospheric signal delay for the signal path from a ground station to a satellite.

Parameters:

elevation - the elevation of the satellite [rad]

Returns:

the signal delay due to the troposphere [s]