Particulates Database (pdb)

Warning

The name pdb might be a bit confusing because there is a well-known Python debugger called pdb. However, since there is no method directly named pdb (for example, pardb.PdbCloud), we use pdb to mean “particulates database”.

The pdb is the database for particulates in ExoJAX, namely the microphysics of clouds. Currently, the refractive index is downloaded from VIRGA and made available within pdb.

from exojax.spec.pardb import PdbCloud
miedir = "/home/kawahara/exojax/documents/tutorials/.database/particulates/virga"
pdb = PdbCloud("MgSiO3", path=miedir)

For specific examples, please refer to Comparison the AM geometric opacity with PieMieScatt for example.

Available information

quantity	instance/method
substance density	pdb.condensate_substance_density
saturation pressure	pdb.saturation_pressure
refraction index (RI)	pdb.refraction_index
RI wavenumber	pdb.refraction_index_wavenumber
RI wavelenght (nm)	pdb.refraction_index_wavelength_nm
Miegrid	pdb.miegrid