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Atmosphere
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.. class:: Atmosphere
   :constructible:
   :cloneable:

Static Methods
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.. method:: static Atmosphere Construct(string aAtmosphereType)
   
   Returns a new Atmosphere object of the given type. Valid types are "standard_day", "hot_day", "tropical_day",
   "cold_day", "polar_day", "simple_dt", and "default". 
   See :doc:`../atmosphere` for more information.
      
   Example::

    Atmosphere atm = Atmosphere.Construct("standard");

Methods
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.. method:: double Density(double aAltitude)

   Returns the atmospheric density [kg/meters^3] given the altitude [meters].

.. method:: double Pressure(double aAltitude)

   Returns the atmospheric pressure [N/meters^2] given the altitude [meters].
   
.. method:: double SonicVelocity(double aAltitude)

   Returns the speed of sound [meters/second] given the altitude [meters].
   
.. method:: double Temperature(double aAltitude)

   Returns the atmospheric temperature [Kelvins] given the altitude [meters].

.. method:: bool CanProduceContrails(double aAltitude)

   Returns true if contrails may be produced at the given altitude [meters], otherwise false.

.. method:: double ContrailingFloor()

   Returns the altitude [meters] of the lower bound of the contrailing band.

.. method:: double ContrailingCeiling()

   Returns the altitude [meters] of the upper bound of the contrailing band.