Package org.orekit.models.earth

Class GeoMagneticFieldFactory

java.lang.Object

org.orekit.models.earth.GeoMagneticFieldFactory

public class GeoMagneticFieldFactory
extends Object

Factory for different GeoMagneticField models.

This is a utility class, so its constructor is private.

Author:

Thomas Neidhart, Evan Ward

See Also:

• GeoMagneticFields
• LazyLoadedGeoMagneticFields
• DataContext.getGeoMagneticFields()

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class	Description
static enum	GeoMagneticFieldFactory.FieldModel	The currently supported geomagnetic field models.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static GeoMagneticField	getField(GeoMagneticFieldFactory.FieldModel type, double year)	Get the GeoMagneticField for the given model type and year.
static LazyLoadedGeoMagneticFields	getGeoMagneticFields()	Get the instance of GeoMagneticFields that is called by methods in this class.
static GeoMagneticField	getIGRF(double year)	Get the IGRF model for the given year.
static GeoMagneticField	getWMM(double year)	Get the WMM model for the given year.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Details

getGeoMagneticFields

@DefaultDataContext
public static LazyLoadedGeoMagneticFields getGeoMagneticFields()

Get the instance of GeoMagneticFields that is called by methods in this class.

Returns:

the geomagnetic fields used by this factory.

Since:

10.1

getField

@DefaultDataContext
public static GeoMagneticField getField(GeoMagneticFieldFactory.FieldModel type,
 double year)

Get the GeoMagneticField for the given model type and year.

Parameters:

type - the field model type

year - the decimal year

Returns:

a GeoMagneticField for the given year and model

See Also:

• GeoMagneticField.getDecimalYear(int, int, int)

getIGRF

@DefaultDataContext
public static GeoMagneticField getIGRF(double year)

Get the IGRF model for the given year.

Parameters:

year - the decimal year

Returns:

a GeoMagneticField for the given year

See Also:

• GeoMagneticField.getDecimalYear(int, int, int)

getWMM

@DefaultDataContext
public static GeoMagneticField getWMM(double year)

Get the WMM model for the given year.

Parameters:

year - the decimal year

Returns:

a GeoMagneticField for the given year

See Also:

• GeoMagneticField.getDecimalYear(int, int, int)