Package org.orekit.models.earth

Interface IonosphericModel

All Superinterfaces:

Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

KlobucharIonoModel

public interface IonosphericModel
extends Serializable

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

Since:

7.1

Author:

Joris Olympio

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
double	pathDelay(AbsoluteDate date, GeodeticPoint geo, double elevation, double azimuth)	Calculates the ionospheric path delay for the signal path from a ground station to a satellite.

Method Detail

pathDelay

double pathDelay(AbsoluteDate date,
                 GeodeticPoint geo,
                 double elevation,
                 double azimuth)

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

Parameters:

date - current date

geo - the Geodetic point of receiver/station

elevation - the elevation of the satellite

azimuth - the azimuth of the satellite

Returns:

the path delay due to the ionosphere in m