Dear Stefan,
If there's no user-configurable parameters required for molecular scattering then using it in a control file would be trivial: scattering_species_AddMolecularScattering() The iy method would then just need to check if the sun is on and calculate the bulk scattering properties for the first order scattering. In this way particles and molecules would be handle in a consistent way. What is required for this to work is of course a class that implements the interface defined by the ScatteringSpeciesImpl class (as indicated in the PDF). I also would really like to highlight the following, which you seem to have misunderstood: The interface that I described makes no assumptions whatsoever on the scattering species being either particles or a gas. It essentially already implements what you described but is even less restrictive. It only requires that a scattering species is able to provide bulk scattering data from an atmospheric state following the protocol defined by the ScatteringSpeciesImpl class. I am quite sure that with this system molecular and particle scattering can be handled consistently and the need for a molecular_scattering flag. However, I also agree that it would probably be inappropriate to require Jon to use this system considering that he's just a Master's student and that this is still under development. Kind regards, Simon ________________________________ From: arts_dev.mi-boun...@mailman.rrz.uni-hamburg.de <arts_dev.mi-boun...@mailman.rrz.uni-hamburg.de> on behalf of Stefan Buehler <stefan.bueh...@uni-hamburg.de> Sent: Friday, January 29, 2021 8:42:21 AM To: Simon Pfreundschuh Cc: ARTS Developers List Subject: Re: Simon plans for scattering properties Hej Simon, can you help me understand it then, please? I do want to find the best solution, not necessarily the quickest. (But simplicity is part of the criteria for “best”.) /Stefan On 29 Jan 2021, at 7:11, Simon Pfreundschuh wrote: > Dear Stefan, > > > I guess all I can say is that I am quite confident that you didn't > properly > > understand my proposal, which could quite easily handle the pressure > > dependency. Anyhow, it's quite clear that you are searching for a > quick > > solution and I won't be able to provide that. So let's just cut this > short. > > > /s > > > > ________________________________ > From: Stefan Buehler <stefan.bueh...@uni-hamburg.de> > Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2021 5:02:28 PM > To: Simon Pfreundschuh > Cc: ARTS Developers List > Subject: Re: Simon plans for scattering properties > > Dear Simon, > > thanks for the summary! > > I think I understand more or less how this works now. A bit > unfortunate > that so much information has to be moved around at the controlfile > level. (The copying of grids from one variable to the other, the > copying > of the scattering data themselves.) Is the idea that you would then in > practise store and load directly the ScatteringHabits, in order to > make > this easier? > > On where the Rayleigh scattering fits in: Patrick suggested when we > talked yesterday that perhaps a more logical way to think about this > is > to distinguish between *gases* and *particles*, rather than between > *absorption* and *scattering*. (Including Rayleigh scattering with the > PND system really does not work, as it turns out, as it depends on > pressure.) > > Perhaps we should move towards a *gas* / *particle* division in ARTS. > That would mean including the Liebe rain absorption in the particle > part. It would also affect your nomenclature, since one should then > preferably talk about *ParticleSpecies* rather than > *ScatteringSpecies*. > (And *gas_species* instead of *absorption_species*.) > > All the best, > > Stefan > > On 26 Jan 2021, at 22:10, Simon Pfreundschuh wrote: > >> Dear Stefan, >> >> >> I attach the description of the new scattering system that you >> requested. >> >> I tried to keep it general to avoid getting lost in technicalities. >> If >> you have >> >> more specific questions please let me know. >> >> >> Kind regards, >> >> >> Simon >> >> ________________________________ >> From: arts_dev.mi-boun...@mailman.rrz.uni-hamburg.de >> <arts_dev.mi-boun...@mailman.rrz.uni-hamburg.de> on behalf of Stefan >> Buehler <stefan.bueh...@uni-hamburg.de> >> Sent: Monday, January 25, 2021 9:36:33 AM >> To: ARTS Developers List >> Subject: Simon plans for scattering properties >> >> Dear all, >> >> one thing I took home from the developer meeting on Friday is that I >> would like to better understand Simon’s plans for the scattering >> properties. We need this to make a good decision on how to proceed >> with >> the Rayleigh scattering (incorporate it into the existing scattering >> data framework, or make a special case for this analytical scattering >> matrix). Simon, can you please summarize your concept briefly? >> >> All the best, >> >> Stefan
