Site¶
- class rubin_sim.utils.Site(name=None, longitude=None, latitude=None, height=None, temperature=None, pressure=None, humidity=None, lapse_rate=None)¶
Bases:
object
This class will store site information for use in Catalog objects.
Defaults values are LSST site values taken from the Observatory System Specification document https://docushare.lsstcorp.org/docushare/dsweb/ImageStoreViewer/LSE-30 on 4 January 2016
- Parameters:
- name
str
, opt The name of the observatory. Set to ‘LSST’ for other parameters to default to LSST values.
- longitude
float
, opt Longitude of the site in degrees.
- latitude
float
, opt Latitude of the site in degrees.
- height
float
, opt Height of the site in meters.
- temperature
float
, opt Mean temperature in Centigrade
- pressure
float
, opt Pressure for the site in millibars.
- humidity
float
, opt Relative humidity (range 0-1).
- lapse_rate
float
, opt Change in temperature in Kelvins per meter
- name
Attributes Summary
height in meters
mean humidity in the range 0-1
temperature lapse rate (in Kelvin per meter)
observatory latitude in degrees
observatory latitude in radians
observatory longitude in degrees
observatory longitude in radians
observatory name
mean pressure in millibars
mean temperature in centigrade
mean temperature in Kelvin
Attributes Documentation
- height¶
height in meters
- humidity¶
mean humidity in the range 0-1
- lapse_rate¶
temperature lapse rate (in Kelvin per meter)
- latitude¶
observatory latitude in degrees
- latitude_rad¶
observatory latitude in radians
- longitude¶
observatory longitude in degrees
- longitude_rad¶
observatory longitude in radians
- name¶
observatory name
- pressure¶
mean pressure in millibars
- temperature¶
mean temperature in centigrade
- temperature_kelvin¶
mean temperature in Kelvin