TEMEProvider.java

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package org.orekit.frames;

import java.io.Serializable;

import org.apache.commons.math3.geometry.euclidean.threed.Rotation;
import org.apache.commons.math3.geometry.euclidean.threed.Vector3D;
import org.apache.commons.math3.util.FastMath;
import org.orekit.errors.OrekitException;
import org.orekit.time.AbsoluteDate;
import org.orekit.time.TimeFunction;
import org.orekit.utils.IERSConventions;

/** True Equator Mean Equinox Frame.
 * <p>This frame is used for the SGP4 model in TLE propagation. This frame has <em>no</em>
 * official definition and there are some ambiguities about whether it should be used
 * as "of date" or "of epoch". This frame should therefore be used <em>only</em> for
 * TLE propagation and not for anything else, as recommended by the CCSDS Orbit Data Message
 * blue book.</p>
 * @author Luc Maisonobe
 */
class TEMEProvider implements TransformProvider {

    /** Serializable UID. */
    private static final long serialVersionUID = 20131209L;

    /** Conventions. */
    private final IERSConventions conventions;

    /** EOP history. */
    private final EOPHistory eopHistory;

    /** Function computing the mean obliquity. */
    private final transient TimeFunction<Double> obliquityFunction;

    /** Function computing the nutation angles. */
    private final transient TimeFunction<double[]> nutationFunction;

    /** Simple constructor.
     * @param conventions IERS conventions to apply
     * @param eopHistory EOP history
     * @exception OrekitException if the nutation model data embedded in the
     * library cannot be read
     */
    public TEMEProvider(final IERSConventions conventions, final EOPHistory eopHistory)
        throws OrekitException {
        this.conventions       = conventions;
        this.eopHistory        = eopHistory;
        this.obliquityFunction = conventions.getMeanObliquityFunction();
        this.nutationFunction  = conventions.getNutationFunction();
    }

    /** Get the EOP history.
     * @return EOP history
     * @since 6.1
     */
    EOPHistory getEOPHistory() {
        return eopHistory;
    }

    /** Get the transform from True Of Date date.
     * @param date new value of the date
     * @return transform at the specified date
     * @exception OrekitException if the nutation model data embedded in the
     * library cannot be read
     */
    public synchronized Transform getTransform(final AbsoluteDate date) throws OrekitException {
        final double eqe = getEquationOfEquinoxes(date);
        return new Transform(date, new Rotation(Vector3D.PLUS_K, -eqe));
    }

    /** Get the Equation of the Equinoxes at the current date.
     * @param  date the date
     * @return equation of the equinoxes
     * @exception OrekitException if nutation model cannot be computed
     */
    private double getEquationOfEquinoxes(final AbsoluteDate date)
        throws OrekitException {

        // compute nutation angles
        final double[] angles = nutationFunction.value(date);

        // nutation in longitude
        double dPsi = angles[0];

        if (eopHistory != null) {
            // apply the corrections for the nutation parameters
            final double[] correction = eopHistory.getEquinoxNutationCorrection(date);
            dPsi += correction[0];
        }

        // mean obliquity of ecliptic
        final double moe = obliquityFunction.value(date);

        // original definition of equation of equinoxes
        final double eqe = dPsi * FastMath.cos(moe);

        // apply correction if needed
        return eqe + angles[2];

    }

    /** Replace the instance with a data transfer object for serialization.
     * <p>
     * This intermediate class serializes only the frame key.
     * </p>
     * @return data transfer object that will be serialized
     */
    private Object writeReplace() {
        return new DataTransferObject(conventions, eopHistory);
    }

    /** Internal class used only for serialization. */
    private static class DataTransferObject implements Serializable {

        /** Serializable UID. */
        private static final long serialVersionUID = 20131209L;

        /** Conventions. */
        private final IERSConventions conventions;

        /** EOP history. */
        private final EOPHistory eopHistory;

        /** Simple constructor.
         * @param conventions IERS conventions to apply
         * @param eopHistory EOP history
         */
        public DataTransferObject(final IERSConventions conventions, final EOPHistory eopHistory) {
            this.conventions = conventions;
            this.eopHistory  = eopHistory;
        }

        /** Replace the deserialized data transfer object with a {@link TEMEProvider}.
         * @return replacement {@link TEMEProvider}
         */
        private Object readResolve() {
            try {
                // retrieve a managed frame
                return new TEMEProvider(conventions, eopHistory);
            } catch (OrekitException oe) {
                throw OrekitException.createInternalError(oe);
            }
        }

    }

}