An Antenna object used by MCGeneral. More...

#include <mc_antenna.h>

Public Member Functions
	MCAntenna ()

void	set_pencil_beam (void)
	makes the antenna pattern a pencil beam More...

void	set_gaussian (const Numeric &za_sigma, const Numeric &aa_sigma)
	makes the antenna pattern a 2D gaussian specified by za and aa standard deviations More...

void	set_gaussian_fwhm (const Numeric &za_fwhm, const Numeric &aa_fwhm)
	makes the antenna pattern a 2D gaussian specified by za and aa FWHM More...

void	set_lookup (ConstVectorView &za_grid, ConstVectorView &aa_grid, ConstMatrixView &G_lookup)
	makes the antenna pattern use a 2D lookup table to define the antenna response More...

AntennaType	get_type (void) const
	returns the antenna type More...

void	draw_los (VectorView &sampled_rte_los, Rng &rng, ConstVectorView bore_sight_los) const
	draws a line of sight by sampling the antenna response function More...

Private Attributes
AntennaType	atype

Numeric	sigma_aa

Numeric	sigma_za

Vector	aa_grid

Vector	za_grid

Matrix	G_lookup

Detailed Description

An Antenna object used by MCGeneral.

This class provides the means of sampling various types of 2D antenna functions..

Definition at line 56 of file mc_antenna.h.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ MCAntenna()

MCAntenna::MCAntenna ( )

inline

Definition at line 63 of file mc_antenna.h.

Member Function Documentation

◆ draw_los()

void MCAntenna::draw_los	(	VectorView &	sampled_rte_los,
		Rng &	rng,
		ConstVectorView	bore_sight_los
	)		const

draws a line of sight by sampling the antenna response function

Parameters

sampled_rte_los	Output: The sampled line of sight
rng	a random number generator
bore_sight_los	the bore sight LOS

Author: Cory Davis

Date: 2005-12-02

Definition at line 167 of file mc_antenna.cc.

References ANTENNA_TYPE_GAUSSIAN, ANTENNA_TYPE_PENCIL_BEAM, atype, ran_gaussian(), sigma_aa, and sigma_za.

Referenced by mc_IWP_cloud_opt_pathCalc(), MCGeneral(), and MCIPA().

◆ get_type()

AntennaType MCAntenna::get_type ( void ) const

returns the antenna type

Author: Cory Davis

Date: 2006-6-16

Definition at line 150 of file mc_antenna.cc.

References atype.

Referenced by mc_IWP_cloud_opt_pathCalc().

◆ set_gaussian()

void MCAntenna::set_gaussian	(	const Numeric &	za_sigma,
		const Numeric &	aa_sigma
	)

makes the antenna pattern a 2D gaussian specified by za and aa standard deviations

Givees the MCAntenna object a 2D gaussian response function

Parameters

za_sigma	The std. dev. parameter for zenith angle
aa_sigma	The std. dev. parameter for azimuthal angle.

Author: Cory Davis

Date: 2005-12-02

Definition at line 100 of file mc_antenna.cc.

References ANTENNA_TYPE_GAUSSIAN, atype, sigma_aa, and sigma_za.

Referenced by mc_antennaSetGaussian().

◆ set_gaussian_fwhm()

void MCAntenna::set_gaussian_fwhm	(	const Numeric &	za_fwhm,
		const Numeric &	aa_fwhm
	)

makes the antenna pattern a 2D gaussian specified by za and aa FWHM

Givees the MCAntenna object a 2D gaussian response function

Parameters

za_fwhm	The full width half maximum zenith angle
aa_fwhm	The full width half maximum azimuthal angle.

Author: Cory Davis

Date: 2005-12-02

Definition at line 116 of file mc_antenna.cc.

References ANTENNA_TYPE_GAUSSIAN, atype, sigma_aa, and sigma_za.

Referenced by mc_antennaSetGaussianByFWHM().

◆ set_lookup()

void MCAntenna::set_lookup	(	ConstVectorView &	za_grid_,
		ConstVectorView &	aa_grid_,
		ConstMatrixView &	G_lookup_
	)

makes the antenna pattern use a 2D lookup table to define the antenna response

The lookup antenna type is not yet implemented

Parameters

za_grid_	zenith angle grid for the antenna response lookup table
aa_grid_	azimuthal angle grid for the antenna response lookup table
G_lookup_	the lookup table data

Author: Cory Davis

Date: 2005-12-02

Definition at line 134 of file mc_antenna.cc.

References aa_grid, ANTENNA_TYPE_LOOKUP, atype, G_lookup, and za_grid.

◆ set_pencil_beam()

void MCAntenna::set_pencil_beam ( void )

makes the antenna pattern a pencil beam

Definition at line 88 of file mc_antenna.cc.

References ANTENNA_TYPE_PENCIL_BEAM, and atype.

Referenced by iyMC(), and mc_antennaSetPencilBeam().

Member Data Documentation

◆ aa_grid

Vector MCAntenna::aa_grid

private

Definition at line 59 of file mc_antenna.h.

Referenced by set_lookup().

◆ atype

AntennaType MCAntenna::atype

private

Definition at line 57 of file mc_antenna.h.

Referenced by draw_los(), get_type(), set_gaussian(), set_gaussian_fwhm(), set_lookup(), and set_pencil_beam().

◆ G_lookup

Matrix MCAntenna::G_lookup

private

Definition at line 60 of file mc_antenna.h.

Referenced by set_lookup().

◆ sigma_aa

Numeric MCAntenna::sigma_aa

private

Definition at line 58 of file mc_antenna.h.

Referenced by draw_los(), set_gaussian(), and set_gaussian_fwhm().

◆ sigma_za

Numeric MCAntenna::sigma_za

private

Definition at line 58 of file mc_antenna.h.

Referenced by draw_los(), set_gaussian(), and set_gaussian_fwhm().

◆ za_grid

Vector MCAntenna::za_grid

private

Definition at line 59 of file mc_antenna.h.

Referenced by set_lookup().

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

Public Member Functions

Private Attributes

Detailed Description

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ MCAntenna()

Member Function Documentation

◆ draw_los()

◆ get_type()

◆ set_gaussian()

◆ set_gaussian_fwhm()

◆ set_lookup()

◆ set_pencil_beam()

Member Data Documentation

◆ aa_grid

◆ atype

◆ G_lookup

◆ sigma_aa

◆ sigma_za

◆ za_grid