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read_atmosphere_profile_from_simtel#

ctapipe.io.simteleventsource.read_atmosphere_profile_from_simtel(simtelfile: str | Path | SimTelFile, kind=AtmosphereProfileKind.AUTO) TableAtmosphereDensityProfile | None[source]#

Read an atmosphere profile from a SimTelArray file as an astropy Table

Parameters:
simtelfile: str | SimTelFile

filename of a SimTelArray file containing an atmosphere profile

kind: AtmosphereProfileKind | str

which type of model to load. In AUTO mode, table is tried first, and if it doesn’t exist, fivelayer is used.

Returns:
Optional[TableAtmosphereDensityProfile]:

Profile read from a table, with interpolation