# Thermal simulation : Impact of PWV on atmospheric transmission on Integrated irradiance

  • Sylvie Dagoret-Campagne

  • affliliation : IJCLAB

  • creation date : 24 January 2020

  • last update : 7th November 2023


[1]:
%load_ext autoreload
%autoreload 2
[2]:
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
%matplotlib inline
import sys
import os
import numpy as np
[3]:
import matplotlib
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import matplotlib.colors as colors
import matplotlib.cm as cmx
[4]:
matplotlib.rcParams.update({'font.size': 15, 'lines.linewidth': 2, 'lines.markersize': 15})
matplotlib.rcParams["axes.labelsize"]="small"
matplotlib.rcParams["axes.linewidth"]=2.0
matplotlib.rcParams["xtick.major.size"]=8
matplotlib.rcParams["ytick.major.size"]=8
matplotlib.rcParams["ytick.minor.size"]=5
matplotlib.rcParams["xtick.labelsize"]="large"
matplotlib.rcParams["ytick.labelsize"]="large"
matplotlib.rcParams["figure.figsize"]=(12,6)
matplotlib.rcParams['axes.titlesize'] = 15
matplotlib.rcParams['axes.titleweight'] = 'bold'
#matplotlib.rcParams['axes.facecolor'] = 'blue'
matplotlib.rcParams['xtick.direction'] = 'out'
matplotlib.rcParams['ytick.direction'] = 'out'
matplotlib.rcParams['lines.markeredgewidth'] = 0.3 # the line width around the marker symbol
matplotlib.rcParams['lines.markersize'] = 10  # markersize, in points
matplotlib.rcParams['grid.alpha'] = 1. # transparency, between 0.0 and 1.0
matplotlib.rcParams['grid.linestyle'] = '-' # simple line
matplotlib.rcParams['grid.linewidth'] = 0.4 # in points
[5]:
from scipy.interpolate import interp1d
[6]:
import time
from datetime import datetime,date
import dateutil.parser
[7]:
today = date.today()
string_date=today.strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
[8]:
from libradtranpy import libsimulateThermal
[9]:
os.getenv('LIBRADTRANDIR')
[9]:
'/Users/dagoret/MacOSX/External/libRadtran'
[10]:
am=1.
pressure = 0.
pwv=4.0
aer=0
ozone=300.
cloudext=0
[11]:
pwvs=np.arange(0.,11.,.5)
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NBOBS=len(pwvs)
[13]:
jet = plt.get_cmap('jet')
cNorm = colors.Normalize(vmin=0, vmax=NBOBS)
scalarMap = cmx.ScalarMappable(norm=cNorm, cmap=jet)
all_colors = scalarMap.to_rgba(np.arange( NBOBS), alpha=1)
[14]:
all_temp = []
for index in np.arange(NBOBS):

    path,thefile=libsimulateThermal.ProcessSimulation(am,pwvs[index],ozone,pressure,
                                                      prof_str='us',proc_str='sa',cloudext=cloudext,thermal_output='irradiance_integrated')

    data = np.loadtxt(os.path.join(path,thefile))
    wl = data[0]
    atm = data[1]
    all_temp.append(atm)
[15]:
plt.plot(pwvs,all_temp,'b-')
plt.grid()
plt.title("Integrated radiance Flux for pwv from 0.2 mm to 12 mm, no cloud ")
plt.xlabel("pwv (mm)")
plt.ylabel("Flux ($W/m^2$)")
figname=string_date+"_fluxvspwv.png"
plt.savefig(figname)
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