initialize

specsim.atmosphere.initialize(config)

Initialize the atmosphere model from configuration parameters.

After an atmosphere model has been initialized, further changes to the input configuration will no effect unless this method is called to initialize a new model. However, certain model attributes can be varied after a model is initialized. See Atmosphere and Moon for details.

Parameters:

configspecsim.config.Configuration

The configuration parameters to use.

Returns:

Atmosphere

An initialized atmosphere model, possibly containing a scattered moonlight model.