geometry.conf

Variable Name and AliasesDefault ValueArguments, Unit, Description
geometry.conf
dir_base|dir_base_directory base directory in which all subordinated files can be found
FOVType|FOVround selection: round|elliptic|square|rectangular|box|2pi|4pi|table :geometrical shape of the field of view
view_mode|DetectorViewModenormal_view_mode selection: normal_view_mode|limb|look_at :detector view mode
ISF|InstrumentSensitivityFunctionunweighted selection: unweighted|cosine|gaussian :FOV sensitivity function
position_description|DetectorPositionDescriptionspherical selection: spherical|cartesic :description of the detector position
Altitude|Height|altitude|height|a|h0.001000 [km] geo altitude detector coordinate
CoLatitude|colatitude|colat0.057296 [degree] geo co latitudinal detector coordinate
Longitude|longitude|long0.057296 [degree] geo longitudinal detector coordinate
ReferenceAltitude|ReferenceHeight|Referencealtitude|a_ref|h_ref0.001000 [km] geo altitude detector reference coordinate
ReferenceCoLatitude|reference_colatitude|colat_ref0.057296 [degree] geo co latitudinal detector reference coordinate
ReferenceLongitude|reference_longitude|long_ref0.057296 [degree] geo longitudinal detector reference coordinate
X|x0.000000 [km] cartesic detector x coordinate
Y|y0.000000 [km] cartesic detector y coordinate
Z|z0.000000 [km] cartesic detector z coordinate
ReferenceX|x_ref0.000000 [km] cartesic detector x reference coordinate
ReferenceY|y_ref0.000000 [km] cartesic detector y reference coordinate
ReferenceZ|z_ref0.000000 [km] cartesic detector z reference coordinate
NorthAzimuth0.000000 [degree] azimuth angle towards north pole meridian
Elevation|elevation0.000000 [degree] elevation angle
Roll|roll0.000000 [degree] FOV Roll angle
Omega|omega|FOV0.000000 [degree] FOV opening angle
OmegaHorizontal|FOVH0.000000 [degree] horizontal FOV size
OmegaVertical|FOVV0.000000 [degree] vertical FOV size
ISGaussSigma0.000000 [degree] round FOV instrument sensitivity sigma
ISGaussSigmaVertical0.000000 [degree] rectangular FOV instrument sensitivity vertical sigma
ISGaussSigmaHorizontal0.000000 [degree] rectangular FOV instrument sensitivity horizontal sigma
box_detector_definition|box_detectornone definition of a box detector
b_invert_facesno indicates whether to invert box faces and emmit in the opposite direction
TangentHeight-1.000000 [km] for limb calculations
TangentHeightPrecision0.000100 [km] precision of the tangent height point calculation
b_tangent_height_with_refractionno calculate tangent height point considering refraction
SunPositionDescription|SunPositiondetector_relative selection: absolute|detector_relative :position description of the sun
SunDistance|distance_to_sun|AU149592000.000000 [km] distance of planet to the sun
SunDiameter|diameter_sun1392000.000000 [km] sun's diameter
SunLongitude|sun_longitude|long_sun0.000000 [degree] sun longitude
SunCoLatitude|sun_colatitude|colat_sun0.000000 [degree] sun colatitude
SZA|sza|solar_zenith_angle0.000000 [degree] solar zenith angle (detector depending)
SRAA|sraa|sun_relative_azimuth_angle0.000000 [degree] sun relative azimuth angle (detector depending), math. sun - detector
b_forward_geometry|b_forward_RT|b_forward_MCno forward Monte Carlo radiation transport simulation
fn_FOV_function|fn_sffile FOV function matrix file
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