casacore::EarthMagneticMachine Class Reference

Calculates magnetic field in a direction. More...

#include <EarthMagneticMachine.h>

List of all members.

Public Member Functions
	EarthMagneticMachine ()
	Construct an empty machine (probably not usable unles set() used).
	EarthMagneticMachine (const MDirection::Ref &in, const Quantum< Double > &hgt, MeasFrame &frame)
	Construct a machine from the input values.
	EarthMagneticMachine (const MDirection::Ref &in, const Quantum< Double > &hgt, const MPosition &pos, const MEpoch &tm)
	EarthMagneticMachine (const MDirection::Ref &in, const MVDirection &dir, MeasFrame &frame)
	EarthMagneticMachine (const MDirection::Ref &in, const MVDirection &dir, const MPosition &pos, const MEpoch &tm)
	EarthMagneticMachine (const EarthMagneticMachine &other)
	Copy constructor.
EarthMagneticMachine &	operator= (const EarthMagneticMachine &other)
	Copy assignments.
	~EarthMagneticMachine ()
Double	operator() ()
	Return line-of-sight field (nT or given units) (from previous calculate if no direction or height given).
Quantum< Double >	operator() (const Unit &un)
Double	operator() (const MVDirection &in)
Quantum< Double >	operator() (const MVDirection &in, const Unit &un)
Double	operator() (const Quantum< Double > &in)
Quantum< Double >	operator() (const Quantum< Double > &in, const Unit &un)
Double	operator() (const Double in)
Quantum< Double >	operator() (const Double in, const Unit &un)
void	set (const MDirection::Ref &in)
	Set or reset part of the machine.
void	set (const Quantum< Double > &hgt)
void	set (MeasFrame &frame)
void	set (const MPosition &pos)
void	set (const MEpoch &tm)
void	set (const MVDirection &dir)
Bool	calculate (const MVDirection &in)
	Calculate a value from direction or height (in m if not Quantity).
Bool	calculate (const Quantum< Double > &hgt)
Bool	calculate (const Double hgt)
Double	getLOSField ()
	Return data.
Double	getLOSField (const MVDirection &in)
Double	getLOSField (const Quantum< Double > &in)
Double	getLOSField (const Double in)
Quantum< Double >	getLOSField (const Unit &un)
	Line-of-sight field in specified units (e.g.
Quantum< Double >	getLOSField (const MVDirection &in, const Unit &un)
Quantum< Double >	getLOSField (const Quantum< Double > &in, const Unit &un)
Quantum< Double >	getLOSField (const Double in, const Unit &un)
const MVEarthMagnetic &	getField ()
	Field (in nT, in ITRF).
const MVEarthMagnetic &	getField (const MVDirection &in)
Double	getLong ()
	Longitude (rad).
Double	getLong (const MVDirection &in)
Quantum< Double >	getLong (const Unit &un)
	Longitude in units (e.g.
Quantum< Double >	getLong (const MVDirection &in, const Unit &un)
const MVPosition &	getPosition ()
	Position point.
const MVPosition &	getPosition (const MVDirection &in)
void	reCalculate ()
	Recalculate the machinery.
Private Member Functions
void	init ()
	Initialise machinery.
void	copy (const EarthMagneticMachine &other)
	Copy data members.
void	calculate ()
	Calculate field.
Private Attributes
MDirection::Ref	inref_p
	Input direction reference.
Double	hgt_p
	Height (m).
MVPosition	pos_p
	Observatory position.
Double	posl_p
	Distance to Earth centre.
Double	subl_p
	Distance squared to sub-point.
Double	epo_p
	Epoch.
MDirection::Convert	conv_p
	Conversion engine.
MVDirection	in_p
	Input position.
MVDirection	rin_p
	Re-typed input position.
Bool	fex_p
	Extension calculated.
Bool	pex_p
MVPosition	sub_p
	Position sub-point.
EarthField	fldc_p
	Earth field calculator.
MVEarthMagnetic	fld_p
	Magnetic field.
Double	los_p
	Line-of-sight field.
Vector< Double >	pl_p
	Field position.
Int	fil_p
	Fields filled.
Int	cumf_p
	Cumulative filled fields.
Bool	clx_p
	Calc done.

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Detailed Description

Calculates magnetic field in a direction.

Intended use:

Public interface

Review Status

Reviewed By:

UNKNOWN

Date Reviewed:

before2004/08/25

Test programs:

tEarthMagneticMachine

Prerequisite

• MEarthMagnetic class
• MDirection class

Etymology

From Earth' magnetic Field and machinery

Synopsis

The construction of an EarthMagneticMachine class object creates a machine that can calculate the magnetic field in an arbitrary direction.

The constructors need a reference code (and possibly frame) input MDirection::Ref to specify how the the input coordinates have to be interpreted (e.g. MDirection::HADEC). It also needs an altitude above the Earth for which the field has to be calculated. The position on Earth can be given as either a position , or as a frame containing the position. In the latter case the frame will also be used in the coordinate transformations.

Once the EarthMagneticMachine has been established, it can be used to calculate the field by the calculate(MVDirection) method. A variety of get methods let you obtain e.g. the field along the line of sight, the longitude of the point for which the field was calculated (e.g. the sub-ionospheric point).

Example

 // Define a time/position frame
 MEpoch epo(MVEpoch(MVTime(98,5,16,0.5).day()));
 MPosition pos;
 MeasTable::Observatory(pos, "ATCA");
 MeasFrame frame(epo, pos);
 // Note that e.g. the time in the frame can be changed later
 // Set up a machine
 EarthMagneticMachine exec(MDirection::B1950, Quantity(200, "km"), frame);
 // Given a current observational direction
 MDirection indir(Quantity(3.25745692, "rad"),
 Quantity(0.040643336,"rad"),
 MDirection::Ref(MDirection::B1950));
 // The field in this direction is calculated
 exec.calculate(indir.getValue());
 // Show some data
 cout << "Parallel field: " << exec.getLOSField() << " nT" << endl;
 cout << "Sub-ionosphere long: " << exec.getLong("deg") << endl;

Motivation

To aid calculating fields in a simple way.

To Do

• add more get() values if necessary

Definition at line 116 of file EarthMagneticMachine.h.

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Constructor & Destructor Documentation

casacore::EarthMagneticMachine::EarthMagneticMachine

(

)

Construct an empty machine (probably not usable unles set() used).

casacore::EarthMagneticMachine::EarthMagneticMachine	(	const MDirection::Ref &	in,
		const Quantum< Double > &	hgt,
		MeasFrame &	frame
	)

Construct a machine from the input values.

Either a height or direction is normally specified. The other can be set(), or can be iterated over in the () operator or the getLOSfield().

Thrown Exceptions

• AipsError if frame does not contain position and time

casacore::EarthMagneticMachine::EarthMagneticMachine	(	const MDirection::Ref &	in,
		const Quantum< Double > &	hgt,
		const MPosition &	pos,
		const MEpoch &	tm
	)

casacore::EarthMagneticMachine::EarthMagneticMachine	(	const MDirection::Ref &	in,
		const MVDirection &	dir,
		MeasFrame &	frame
	)

casacore::EarthMagneticMachine::EarthMagneticMachine	(	const MDirection::Ref &	in,
		const MVDirection &	dir,
		const MPosition &	pos,
		const MEpoch &	tm
	)

casacore::EarthMagneticMachine::EarthMagneticMachine

(

const EarthMagneticMachine &

other

)

Copy constructor.

casacore::EarthMagneticMachine::~EarthMagneticMachine

(

)

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Member Function Documentation

void casacore::EarthMagneticMachine::calculate

(

)

[private]

Calculate field.

Bool casacore::EarthMagneticMachine::calculate

(

const Double

hgt

)

Bool casacore::EarthMagneticMachine::calculate

(

const Quantum< Double > &

hgt

)

Bool casacore::EarthMagneticMachine::calculate

(

const MVDirection &

in

)

Calculate a value from direction or height (in m if not Quantity).

void casacore::EarthMagneticMachine::copy

(

const EarthMagneticMachine &

other

)

[private]

Copy data members.

const MVEarthMagnetic& casacore::EarthMagneticMachine::getField

(

const MVDirection &

in

)

const MVEarthMagnetic& casacore::EarthMagneticMachine::getField

(

)

Field (in nT, in ITRF).

Quantum<Double> casacore::EarthMagneticMachine::getLong	(	const MVDirection &	in,
		const Unit &	un
	)

Quantum<Double> casacore::EarthMagneticMachine::getLong

(

const Unit &

un

)

Longitude in units (e.g.

deg)

Double casacore::EarthMagneticMachine::getLong

(

const MVDirection &

in

)

Double casacore::EarthMagneticMachine::getLong

(

)

Longitude (rad).

Quantum<Double> casacore::EarthMagneticMachine::getLOSField	(	const Double	in,
		const Unit &	un
	)

Quantum<Double> casacore::EarthMagneticMachine::getLOSField	(	const Quantum< Double > &	in,
		const Unit &	un
	)

Quantum<Double> casacore::EarthMagneticMachine::getLOSField	(	const MVDirection &	in,
		const Unit &	un
	)

Quantum<Double> casacore::EarthMagneticMachine::getLOSField

(

const Unit &

un

)

Line-of-sight field in specified units (e.g.

G)

Double casacore::EarthMagneticMachine::getLOSField

(

const Double

in

)

Double casacore::EarthMagneticMachine::getLOSField

(

const Quantum< Double > &

in

)

Double casacore::EarthMagneticMachine::getLOSField

(

const MVDirection &

in

)

Double casacore::EarthMagneticMachine::getLOSField

(

)

Return data.

Line-of-sight field in nT

const MVPosition& casacore::EarthMagneticMachine::getPosition

(

const MVDirection &

in

)

const MVPosition& casacore::EarthMagneticMachine::getPosition

(

)

Position point.

void casacore::EarthMagneticMachine::init

(

)

[private]

Initialise machinery.

Quantum<Double> casacore::EarthMagneticMachine::operator()	(	const Double	in,
		const Unit &	un
	)

Double casacore::EarthMagneticMachine::operator()

(

const Double

in

)

Quantum<Double> casacore::EarthMagneticMachine::operator()	(	const Quantum< Double > &	in,
		const Unit &	un
	)

Double casacore::EarthMagneticMachine::operator()

(

const Quantum< Double > &

in

)

Quantum<Double> casacore::EarthMagneticMachine::operator()	(	const MVDirection &	in,
		const Unit &	un
	)

Double casacore::EarthMagneticMachine::operator()

(

const MVDirection &

in

)

Quantum<Double> casacore::EarthMagneticMachine::operator()

(

const Unit &

un

)

Double casacore::EarthMagneticMachine::operator()

(

)

Return line-of-sight field (nT or given units) (from previous calculate if no direction or height given).

EarthMagneticMachine& casacore::EarthMagneticMachine::operator=

(

const EarthMagneticMachine &

other

)

Copy assignments.

void casacore::EarthMagneticMachine::reCalculate

(

)

Recalculate the machinery.

void casacore::EarthMagneticMachine::set

(

const MVDirection &

dir

)

void casacore::EarthMagneticMachine::set

(

const MEpoch &

tm

)

void casacore::EarthMagneticMachine::set

(

const MPosition &

pos

)

void casacore::EarthMagneticMachine::set

(

MeasFrame &

frame

)

void casacore::EarthMagneticMachine::set

(

const Quantum< Double > &

hgt

)

void casacore::EarthMagneticMachine::set

(

const MDirection::Ref &

in

)

Set or reset part of the machine.

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Member Data Documentation

Bool casacore::EarthMagneticMachine::clx_p [private]

Calc done.

Definition at line 256 of file EarthMagneticMachine.h.

MDirection::Convert casacore::EarthMagneticMachine::conv_p [private]

Conversion engine.

Definition at line 231 of file EarthMagneticMachine.h.

Int casacore::EarthMagneticMachine::cumf_p [private]

Cumulative filled fields.

Definition at line 254 of file EarthMagneticMachine.h.

Double casacore::EarthMagneticMachine::epo_p [private]

Epoch.

Definition at line 229 of file EarthMagneticMachine.h.

Bool casacore::EarthMagneticMachine::fex_p [private]

Extension calculated.

Definition at line 238 of file EarthMagneticMachine.h.

Int casacore::EarthMagneticMachine::fil_p [private]

Fields filled.

Definition at line 252 of file EarthMagneticMachine.h.

MVEarthMagnetic casacore::EarthMagneticMachine::fld_p [private]

Magnetic field.

Definition at line 246 of file EarthMagneticMachine.h.

EarthField casacore::EarthMagneticMachine::fldc_p [private]

Earth field calculator.

Definition at line 244 of file EarthMagneticMachine.h.

Double casacore::EarthMagneticMachine::hgt_p [private]

Height (m).

Definition at line 221 of file EarthMagneticMachine.h.

MVDirection casacore::EarthMagneticMachine::in_p [private]

Input position.

Definition at line 233 of file EarthMagneticMachine.h.

MDirection::Ref casacore::EarthMagneticMachine::inref_p [private]

Input direction reference.

Definition at line 219 of file EarthMagneticMachine.h.

Double casacore::EarthMagneticMachine::los_p [private]

Line-of-sight field.

Definition at line 248 of file EarthMagneticMachine.h.

Bool casacore::EarthMagneticMachine::pex_p [private]

Definition at line 239 of file EarthMagneticMachine.h.

Vector<Double> casacore::EarthMagneticMachine::pl_p [private]

Field position.

Definition at line 250 of file EarthMagneticMachine.h.

MVPosition casacore::EarthMagneticMachine::pos_p [private]

Observatory position.

Definition at line 223 of file EarthMagneticMachine.h.

Double casacore::EarthMagneticMachine::posl_p [private]

Distance to Earth centre.

Definition at line 225 of file EarthMagneticMachine.h.

MVDirection casacore::EarthMagneticMachine::rin_p [private]

Re-typed input position.

Definition at line 235 of file EarthMagneticMachine.h.

MVPosition casacore::EarthMagneticMachine::sub_p [private]

Position sub-point.

Definition at line 242 of file EarthMagneticMachine.h.

Double casacore::EarthMagneticMachine::subl_p [private]

Distance squared to sub-point.

Definition at line 227 of file EarthMagneticMachine.h.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• casacore/measures/Measures/EarthMagneticMachine.h