Package org.orekit.forces.gravity.potential

This package provides classes to read gravity field files and supports several different formats.

See: Description

Interface Summary

Interface	Description
GravityFields	Defines methods for obtaining gravity fields.
NormalizedSphericalHarmonicsProvider	Interface used to provide normalized spherical harmonics coefficients.
NormalizedSphericalHarmonicsProvider.NormalizedSphericalHarmonics	The normalized geopotential coefficients at a specific instance in time.
RawSphericalHarmonicsProvider	Interface used to provide raw spherical harmonics coefficients.
RawSphericalHarmonicsProvider.RawSphericalHarmonics	The raw spherical harmonics at a particular instant.
SphericalHarmonicsProvider	Interface used to provide spherical harmonics coefficients.
TideSystemProvider	Interface used to provide tide systems.
UnnormalizedSphericalHarmonicsProvider	Interface used to provide un-normalized spherical harmonics coefficients.
UnnormalizedSphericalHarmonicsProvider.UnnormalizedSphericalHarmonics	Un-normalized spherical harmonics coefficients evaluated at a specific instant.

Class Summary

Class	Description
AstronomicalAmplitudeReader	Parser for tides astronomical amplitude Hf.
CachedNormalizedSphericalHarmonicsProvider	Caching wrapper for NormalizedSphericalHarmonicsProvider.
EGMFormatReader	This reader is adapted to the EGM Format.
FESCHatEpsilonReader	Reader for ocean tides files following the fes2004.dat format.
FESCnmSnmReader	Reader for ocean tides files following the fes2004_Cnm-Snm.dat format.
GravityFieldFactory	Factory used to read gravity field files in several supported formats.
GRGSFormatReader	Reader for the GRGS gravity field format.
ICGEMFormatReader	Reader for the ICGEM gravity field format.
LazyLoadedGravityFields	Loads gravity fields when first requested and can be configured until then.
OceanTidesReader	Reader for ocean tides coefficients.
OceanTidesWave	Container for ocen tides coefficients for one tide wave.
PotentialCoefficientsReader	This abstract class represents a Gravitational Potential Coefficients file reader.
SHMFormatReader	Reader for the SHM gravity field format.

Enum Summary

Enum	Description
OceanLoadDeformationCoefficients	Supported Ocean load Deformation coefficients (Love numbers k'i).
TideSystem	Enumerate for tie systems.

Package org.orekit.forces.gravity.potential Description

This package provides classes to read gravity field files and supports several different formats.

The simple way to read a file is by using the GravityFieldFactory.

Author:

F. Maussion, L. Maisonobe