Model of Earth atmosphere absorption and transmission vs. wavelength and location.
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# Lowtran in Python
LOWTRAN7 atmospheric absportion extinction model. Updated by Michael Hirsch to be platform independent and easily accessible from Python.
The main LOWTRAN program has been made accessible from Python by using direct memory transfers instead of the cumbersome and error-prone process of writing/reading text files. xarray.Dataset high-performance N-D array data is passed out, with all approprirate metadata.
## Gallery
See below for how to make these examples.
![Lowtran7 absorption](gfx/lowtran.png)
## Install
You need a Fortran compiler. If you don’t have one, here is how to install Gfortran:
Linux: apt install gfortran
Mac: brew install gcc
[Windows](https://www.scivision.co/windows-gcc-gfortran-cmake-make-install/)
Install Python Lowtran code `sh python -m pip install -e . `
[See this page](https://www.scivision.co/f2py-running-fortran-code-in-python-on-windows) if you have errors on Fortran compilation.
## Examples
In these examples, you can write to HDF5 with the -o option.
We present examples of:
ground-to-space transmittance: TransmittanceGround2Space.py
![Lowtran Transmission](doc/txgnd2space.png)
sun-to-observer scattered radiance (why the sky is blue): ScatterRadiance.py
![Lowtran Scatter Radiance](gfx/whyskyisblue.png)
sun-to-observer irradiance: SolarIrradiance.py
![Lowtran Solar Irradiance](gfx/irradiance.png)
observer-to-observer solar single-scattering solar radiance (up-going) with custom Pressure, Temperature and partial pressure for 12 species: UserDataHorizontalRadiance.py ![Lowtran Solar Irradiance](gfx/thermalradiance.png)
observer-to-observer transmittance with custom Pressure, Temperature and partial pressure for 12 species: UserDataHorizontalTransmittance.py
observer-to-observer transmittance HorizontalTransmittance.py
![Lowtran Horizontal Path transmittance](gfx/horizcompare.png)
## Notes
LOWTRAN7 [User manual](http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a206773.pdf) – you may refer to this to understand what parameters are set to default. Currently I don’t have any aerosols enabled for example, though it’s straightforward to add them.
Right now a lot of configuration features aren’t implemented, please request those you want.
### Reference
Original 1994 Lowtran7 [Code](http://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/software/lowtran/)
LOWFIL program in reference/lowtran7.10.f was not connected as we had previously implemented a filter function directly in Python.
LOWSCAN spectral sampling (scanning) program in reference/lowtran7.13.f was not connected as we had no need for coarser spectral resolution.
### Fortran (optional)
This is not necessary for normal users:
cd bin cmake .. make make test
should generate [this text output](https://gist.github.com/drhirsch/89ef2060d8f15b0a60914d13a61e33ab).
### Windows f2py
(this is handled automatically by setup.py, noted here for debugging)
Yes, even though you’re [using a 64-bit compiler](https://scivision.co/f2py-running-fortran-code-in-python-on-windows/):
f2py –compiler=mingw32 -m lowtran7 -c lowtran7.f
Tested on Windows with [MinGW](https://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw-w64/).
### Windows Fortran compile
Normal users don’t need to do this. I suggest that you instead use Cygwin or Windows Subsytem for Linux: `sh cd bin cmake -G "MinGW Makefiles" .. make make test `
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