read_atmosphere_profile_from_simtel#

ctapipe.io.simteleventsource.read_atmosphere_profile_from_simtel(simtelfile: str | Path | SimTelFile, kind=AtmosphereProfileKind.AUTO) → TableAtmosphereDensityProfile | None[source]#

Read an atmosphere profile from a SimTelArray file as an astropy Table

Parameters:

simtelfile: str | SimTelFile: filename of a SimTelArray file containing an atmosphere profile
kind: AtmosphereProfileKind | str: which type of model to load. In AUTO mode, table is tried first, and if it doesn’t exist, fivelayer is used.

Returns:

Optional[TableAtmosphereDensityProfile]:: Profile read from a table, with interpolation