;**************************************** ; MC_ASYOBS_READ.saveinfo ; 04/01/01 (06/12/99 HS) ;**************************************** Explanations for the variables stored in the savefile produced by mc_asyobs_read.pro runide identification for the dynamical simulation (all particle position files have this prefix) allfile identification of the photometric simulation (name of savfile is allfile+'.save') pos1,pos2 defines the posdat-files used from dynamical simulation (runide.pos1 - runide.pos2) postable indices of posdat-files (currently: pos1,pos1+1, ..pos2) npos number of posdat-files azitable table of azimuths in photometric simulation nazi number of azimuths (ccw from sub-observer point, 270 corresponds to Eastern ansa) bsun,lonsun Sun elevation and longitude wrt sub-observer point bobs,lonobs Observer elevation and longitude (lonobs=0 always) nphot number of photons / single position file / single azimuth mx,my number of sub-divisions in search of intersectors in the photon path when using spatial partitioning (1,1 -> not used) cpu total cpu time of the photometric run cpu_comp cpu time / 1000 photons/ single position file / single azimuth (this to compare speed of various versions/ cases) npartori number of particles in dynamical simulations npart number of particles in photometric simulation, includes dublicates of particles extending over the boundaries npot_mean mean number of particles for which intersection is actually searched for when using sub-divisions (instead of npart) nbox_mean mean number of original + image boxes photon has traveled nscat_mean mean number of scatterings before escape tablew raw values of weights (nazi * npos elements) tabled error estimate of weights (nazi * npos elements) tablen number of scatterings contributing to weights (nazi * npos elements) tablem raw values of weights for various orders of scatterings (nazi * npos elements * 10 elements ; for the last index 0-8 refers to 1-9 scatterings, 9 refers to the rest) meanw same as above except that they are means overs meand various npos posdat-files meann meanm iperf normalization factor to convert meanw to I/F ifmin,ifmax min and max of I/F, assuming albedo=1 amp (ifmax-ifmin)/ifmin -"- ifmax50,ifmin50,amp50,meanw50 same for albedo 0.5 ----------------------------------------- table_fdirect fraction of photons passing directly through (nazi * npos elements) method phase-function model (1-lambert-element, 8 callisto etc) smethod string variable describing method ppar1,ppar2,ppar3 parameters of phase-functions variables related to Saturn-shine iglobe ligh-source model (1-sun, 2-saturn) sglobe string variable describing light-source (SUN, SATURN, SATURN-NORTH, SATURN-SOUTH) smodel string variable describing Saturn-model flux_sat_azi saturn-flux (nazi elements) nphot_sat_azi number of saturn-photons (nazi elements) abox Planetocentric distance rsaturn Planet radius nlat_sat,nfii_sat number of divisions in Saturn-grid ----------------------------------------- variables related to geometric correction: d_per_a = observing distance/Saturnocentric distance 0 -> infinity >0 -> make geometric correction suntable = Sun longitudes with respect to simulation x-axis in degrees, ccw, nazi-values obstable = observer longitudes with respect to simulation x-axis without geometric correction testfii_tod = observer longitudes with respect to simulation x-axis with geometric correction testlat_tod = observer latitudes with geometric correction alpha = phase angle (nazi-values) tau_n = photometric normal optical depth (nazi-values) dtau_n = formal error in tau_n taumean = mean (tau_n) tau_dyn = dynamical optical depth ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ;SOME EXAMPLES 1) To plot brightnes vs azimuth: plot,azitable,iperf*meanw This is for albedo=1. 2) For some other value of albedo do like: alb=0.5 meanw50=meanw*0. for i=0,8 do begin meanw50=meanw50+alb^(i+1.)*meanm(*,i) endfor plot,azitable,iperf*meanw50 3) Different orders of scattering plot,azitable,iperf*meanm(*,0)*alb ;single scattered oplot,azitable,iperf*meanm(*,1)*alb^2 ;scattered twice etc.