Atmosphere Models (atmosphere)

Models of the atmosphere useful for transforming between column densities (atmosphere depths \(X\), in units of mass per area) and heights (in distance above sea-level units).

Reference/API

ctapipe.atmosphere Module

Atmosphere density models and functions to transform between column density (X in grammage units) and height (meters) units.

Zenith angle is taken into account in the line-of-sight integral to compute the column density X assuming Earth as a flat plane (the curvature is not taken into account)

Classes

AtmosphereDensityProfile()	Base class for models of atmosphere density.
ExponentialAtmosphereDensityProfile(…)	A simple functional density profile modeled as an exponential.
TableAtmosphereDensityProfile(table)	Tabular profile from a table that has both the density and it’s integral pre-computed.
FiveLayerAtmosphereDensityProfile(table)	CORSIKA 5-layer atmosphere model

Class Inheritance Diagram