DTM2000InputParameters (ORbit Extrapolation KIT 9.3 API)

All Superinterfaces:

Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

MarshallSolarActivityFutureEstimation
```
public interface DTM2000InputParameters
extends Serializable
```
Container for solar activity data, compatible with DTM2000 Atmosphere model. This model needs mean and instantaneous solar flux and geomagnetic incides to compute the local density. Mean solar flux is (for the moment) represented by the F10.7 indices. Instantaneous flux can be set to the mean value if the data is not available. Geomagnetic acivity is represented by the Kp indice, which goes from 1 (very low activity) to 9 (high activity).
All needed solar activity data can be found on the NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) website.

Author:

Fabien Maussion

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`double`	`get24HoursKp(AbsoluteDate date)`	Get the last 24H mean geomagnetic index.
`double`	`getInstantFlux(AbsoluteDate date)`	Get the value of the instantaneous solar flux.
`AbsoluteDate`	`getMaxDate()`	Gets the available data range maximum date.
`double`	`getMeanFlux(AbsoluteDate date)`	Get the value of the mean solar flux.
`AbsoluteDate`	`getMinDate()`	Gets the available data range minimum date.
`double`	`getThreeHourlyKP(AbsoluteDate date)`	Get the value of the 3 hours geomagnetic index.

- Method Detail
  - getMinDate
```
AbsoluteDate getMinDate()
```
    Gets the available data range minimum date.
    
    Returns:
    
    the minimum date.
  - getMaxDate
```
AbsoluteDate getMaxDate()
```
    Gets the available data range maximum date.
    
    Returns:
    
    the maximum date.
  - getInstantFlux
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double getInstantFlux(AbsoluteDate date)
```
    Get the value of the instantaneous solar flux.
    
    Parameters:
    
    date - the current date
    
    Returns:
    
    the instantaneous solar flux
  - getMeanFlux
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double getMeanFlux(AbsoluteDate date)
```
    Get the value of the mean solar flux.
    
    Parameters:
    
    date - the current date
    
    Returns:
    
    the mean solar flux
  - getThreeHourlyKP
```
double getThreeHourlyKP(AbsoluteDate date)
```
    Get the value of the 3 hours geomagnetic index. With a delay of 3 hours at pole to 6 hours at equator using: delay=6-abs(lat)*0.033 (lat in deg.)
    
    Parameters:
    
    date - the current date
    
    Returns:
    
    the 3H geomagnetic index
  - get24HoursKp
```
double get24HoursKp(AbsoluteDate date)
```
    Get the last 24H mean geomagnetic index.
    
    Parameters:
    
    date - the current date
    
    Returns:
    
    the 24H geomagnetic index