itur 0.4.0
A python implementation of the ITU-R P. Recommendations
License: MIT
Keywords: atmopheric-propagation attenuation communications

ITU-Rpy
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A python implementation of the ITU-R P. Recommendations to compute
atmospheric attenuation in slant and horizontal paths.

The propagation loss on an Earth-space path and a horizontal-path,
relative to the free-space loss, is the sum of different contributions,
namely: attenuation by atmospheric gases; attenuation by rain, other
precipitation and clouds; scintillation and multipath effects;
attenuation by sand and dust storms. Each of these contributions has its
own characteristics as a function of frequency, geographic location and
elevation angle. ITU-Rpy allows for fast, vectorial computation of the
different contributions to the atmospheric attenuation.

Documentation
-------------

The documentation can be found at `ITU-Rpy
documentation <http://itu-rpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html>`__ in
Read the docs.

Examples of use cases can be found in the `examples
folder <https://github.com/inigodelportillo/ITU-Rpy/tree/master/examples>`__.

Installation
------------

ITU-Rpy has the followind dependencies: ``numpy``, ``scipy``,
``pyproj``, and ``astropy``. Installation of ``cartopy`` and
``matplotlib`` is recommended to display results in a map.

Using pip, you can install all of them by running:

.. code:: console

    pip install itur

More information about the installation process can be found on the
`documentation <https://github.com/inigodelportillo/ITU-Rpy/blob/master/docs/installation.rst>`__.

ITU-R Recommendations implemented
---------------------------------

The following ITU-R Recommendations are implemented in ITU-Rpy 
 *   **ITU-R P.453-13:** The radio refractive index: its formula and refractivity data
 *   **ITU-R P.530-17:** Propagation data and prediction methods required for the design of terrestrial line-of-sight systems
 *   **ITU-R P.618-13:** Propagation data and prediction methods required for the design of Earth-space telecommunication systems
 *   **ITU-R P.676-12:** Attenuation by atmospheric gases
 *   **ITU-R P.835-6:** Reference Standard Atmospheres
 *   **ITU-R P.836-6:** Water vapour: surface density and total columnar content
 *   **ITU-R P.837-7:** Characteristics of precipitation for propagation modelling
 *   **ITU-R P.838-3:** Specific attenuation model for rain for use in prediction methods
 *   **ITU-R P.839-4:** Rain height model for prediction methods.
 *   **ITU-R P.840-8:** Attenuation due to clouds and fog 
 *   **ITU-R P.1144-10:** Interpolation methods for the geophysical properties used to compute propagation effects 
 *   **ITU-R P.1510-1:** Mean surface temperature
 *   **ITU-R P.1511-2:** Topography for Earth-to-space propagation modelling
 *   **ITU-R P.1623-1:** Prediction method of fade dynamics on Earth-space paths
 *   **ITU-R P.1853-1:** Tropospheric attenuation time series synthesis

The individual models can be accessed using the ``itur.models`` package.

Usage
-----

The following code example shows the usage of ITU-Rpy. More examples can
be found in the `examples
folder <https://github.com/inigodelportillo/ITU-Rpy/tree/master/examples>`__.

.. code:: python

    import itur

    f = 22.5 * itur.u.GHz    # Link frequency
    D = 1 * itur.u.m         # Size of the receiver antenna
    el = 60                  # Elevation angle constant of 60 degrees
    p = 3                    # Percentage of time that attenuation values are exceeded.
        
    # Generate a regular grid latitude and longitude points with 1 degrees resolution   
    lat, lon = itur.utils.regular_lat_lon_grid() 

    # Comute the atmospheric attenuation
    Att = itur.atmospheric_attenuation_slant_path(lat, lon, f, el, p, D) 
    itur.plotting.plot_in_map(Att.value, lat, lon, 
                              cbar_text='Atmospheric attenuation [dB]')

which produces: |Attenuation worldmap|

Validation
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ITU-Rpy has been validated using the `ITU Validation examples (rev
5.1) <https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-R/study-groups/rsg3/ionotropospheric/CG-3M3J-13-ValEx-Rev5_1.xlsx>`__
, which provides test cases for parts of Recommendations ITU-R P.453-14,
P.618-13, P.676-12, P.836-6, P.837-7, P.838-3, P.839-4, P.840-8,
P.1511-2, P.1623-1.

The results of this validation exercise are available at the `validation
page <https://itu-rpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/validation.html>`__ in
the documentation.

Citation
--------

If you use ITU-Rpy in one of your research projects, please cite it as:

::

    @misc{iturpy-2017,
          title={ITU-Rpy: A python implementation of the ITU-R P. Recommendations to compute atmospheric
             attenuation in slant and horizontal paths.},
          author={Inigo del Portillo},
          year={2017},
          publisher={GitHub},
          howpublished={\url{https://github.com/inigodelportillo/ITU-Rpy/}}
    }

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