pyarts.scattering.ScatteringMetaData¶

class pyarts.scattering.ScatteringMetaData(description=None, source=None, refr_index=None, mass=None, diameter_max=None, diameter_volume_equ=None, diameter_area_equ_aerodynamical=None)[source]¶

Represents a ScatteringMetaData object.

See online ARTS documentation for object details.

__init__(description=None, source=None, refr_index=None, mass=None, diameter_max=None, diameter_volume_equ=None, diameter_area_equ_aerodynamical=None)[source]¶: Initialize self. See help(type(self)) for accurate signature.

Methods

`__init__`([description, source, refr_index, …])	Initialize self.
`from_xml`(xmlelement)	Loads a ScatteringMetaData object from an existing file.
`to_atmlab_dict`()	Returns a copy of the SMD as a dictionary.
`write_xml`(xmlwriter[, attr])	Write a ScatteringMetaData object to an ARTS XML file.

Attributes

`description`	Free-form description of the scattering element, holding information deemed of interest by the user but not covered by other structure members (and not used within ARTS).
`diameter_area_equ_aerodynamical`	The area equivalent sphere diameter of the scattering element, i.e., the diameter of a sphere with the same cross-sectional area.
`diameter_max`	The maximum diameter (or dimension) of the scattering element, defined by the circumferential sphere diameter of the element.
`diameter_volume_equ`	The volume equivalent sphere diameter of the scattering element, i.e., the diameter of a sphere with the same volume.
`mass`	The mass of the scattering element.
`refr_index`	Free-form description of the underlying complex refractive index data, e.g., a literature source.
`source`	Free-form description of the source of the data, e.g., Mie, T-Matrix, or DDA calculation or a database or a literature source.