fr.cnes.sirius.patrius.signalpropagation

Interface AngularCorrection

All Superinterfaces:

IParameterizable, Serializable

All Known Subinterfaces:

FiniteDistanceAngularCorrection

All Known Implementing Classes:

AstronomicalRefractionModel, AzoulayModel

public interface AngularCorrection
extends IParameterizable

This interface is an angular correction model enabling the computation of the satellite elevation angular correction.

Since:

2.1

Version:

$Id$

Author:

Tiziana Sabatini

See Also:

TroposphericCorrection, IonosphericCorrection

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
double	computeElevationCorrectionFromApparentElevation(AbsoluteDate date, double apparentElevation) Compute the angular correction from the apparent elevation.
double	computeElevationCorrectionFromGeometricElevation(AbsoluteDate date, double geometricElevation) Compute the angular correction from the geometric elevation.
double	derivativeValueFromApparentElevation(Parameter p, double apparentElevation) Compute the elevation correction derivative value with respect to the input parameter.
double	derivativeValueFromGeometricElevation(Parameter p, double geometricElevation) Compute the elevation correction derivative value with respect to the input parameter.
double	getMinimalToleratedApparentElevation() Getter for the minimal tolerated apparent elevation for this model (some models cannot compute correction for too low elevations).
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

getMinimalToleratedApparentElevation

double getMinimalToleratedApparentElevation()

Getter for the minimal tolerated apparent elevation for this model (some models cannot compute correction for too low elevations).

Returns:

the minimal tolerated apparent elevation [rad]

computeElevationCorrectionFromApparentElevation

double computeElevationCorrectionFromApparentElevation(AbsoluteDate date,
                                                       double apparentElevation)

Compute the angular correction from the apparent elevation.

Parameters:

date - The date at which we want to compute the angular correction

apparentElevation - The apparent elevation (with atmosphere) [rad]

Returns:

the elevation correction [rad] so that apparent_elevation = geometric_elevation + elevation_correction

computeElevationCorrectionFromGeometricElevation

double computeElevationCorrectionFromGeometricElevation(AbsoluteDate date,
                                                        double geometricElevation)

Compute the angular correction from the geometric elevation.

Parameters:

date - The date at which we want to compute the angular correction

geometricElevation - The geometric elevation (without atmosphere) [rad]

Returns:

the elevation correction [rad] so that apparent_elevation = geometric_elevation + elevation_correction

derivativeValueFromApparentElevation

double derivativeValueFromApparentElevation(Parameter p,
                                            double apparentElevation)

Compute the elevation correction derivative value with respect to the input parameter.

Parameters:

p - Parameter

apparentElevation - The apparent elevation (with atmosphere) of the satellite [rad]

Returns:

the elevation derivative value

derivativeValueFromGeometricElevation

double derivativeValueFromGeometricElevation(Parameter p,
                                             double geometricElevation)

Compute the elevation correction derivative value with respect to the input parameter.

Parameters:

p - Parameter

geometricElevation - The geometric elevation (without atmosphere) of the satellite [rad]

Returns:

the elevation derivative value

isDifferentiableBy

boolean isDifferentiableBy(Parameter p)

Tell if the function is differentiable by the given parameter.

Parameters:

p - Parameter

Returns:

true if the function is differentiable by the given parameter