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17  package org.orekit.models.earth.troposphere;
18  
19  import org.hipparchus.CalculusFieldElement;
20  import org.orekit.bodies.FieldGeodeticPoint;
21  import org.orekit.bodies.GeodeticPoint;
22  import org.orekit.time.AbsoluteDate;
23  import org.orekit.time.FieldAbsoluteDate;
24  import org.orekit.utils.FieldTrackingCoordinates;
25  import org.orekit.utils.ParameterDriversProvider;
26  import org.orekit.utils.TrackingCoordinates;
27  
28  /** Defines a tropospheric model, used to calculate the path delay imposed to
29   * electro-magnetic signals between an orbital satellite and a ground station.
30   * @author Luc Maisonobe
31   * @since 12.1
32   */
33  public interface TroposphericModel extends ParameterDriversProvider {
34  
35      /** Calculates the tropospheric path delay for the signal path from a ground
36       * station to a satellite.
37       *
38       * @param trackingCoordinates tracking coordinates of the satellite
39       * @param point station location
40       * @param parameters tropospheric model parameters
41       * @param date current date
42       * @return the path delay due to the troposphere
43       * @since 13.0
44       */
45      TroposphericDelay pathDelay(TrackingCoordinates trackingCoordinates, GeodeticPoint point,
46                                  double[] parameters, AbsoluteDate date);
47  
48      /** Calculates the tropospheric path delay for the signal path from a ground
49       * station to a satellite.
50       *
51       * @param <T> type of the elements
52       * @param trackingCoordinates tracking coordinates of the satellite
53       * @param point station location
54       * @param parameters tropospheric model parameters at current date
55       * @param date current date
56       * @return the path delay due to the troposphere
57       * @since 13.0
58       */
59      <T extends CalculusFieldElement<T>> FieldTroposphericDelay<T> pathDelay(FieldTrackingCoordinates<T> trackingCoordinates,
60                                                                              FieldGeodeticPoint<T> point,
61                                                                              T[] parameters, FieldAbsoluteDate<T> date);
62  }