Merge branch 'enh/env_analysis_wind_direction' of https://github.com/rocketpy-team/rocketpy into enh/env_analysis_wind_direction

Author: Gui-FernandesBR

data/weather/EuroC_pressure_levels_reanalysis_2002-2021.nc

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ The following packages are needed in order to run RocketPy:
 - timezonefinder
 - simplekml
 - ipywidgets >= 7.6.3
+- jsonpickle
 
 
 All of these packages, with the exception of netCDF4, should be automatically installed when RocketPy is installed using either ``pip`` or ``conda``.
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@ The packages needed can be installed via ``pip`` by running the following lines
     pip install pytz
     pip install timezonefinder
     pip install simplekml
+    pip install jsonpickle
 
 Installing Required Packages Using ``conda``
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

data/weather/EuroC_single_level_reanalysis_2000_2021.nc

@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ requests
 pytz
 timezonefinder
 simplekml
+jsonpickle

docs/user/requirements.rst

@@ -7,12 +7,14 @@
 __license__ = "MIT"
 
 import bisect
+import json
 import re
 import warnings
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 
 import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
 import numpy as np
+import numpy.ma as ma
 import pytz
 import requests
 
@@ -3325,6 +3327,65 @@ def allInfoReturned(self):
             info["selectedEnsembleMember"] = self.ensembleMember
         return info
 
+    def exportEnvironment(self, filename="environment"):
+        """Export important attributes of Environment class so it can be used
+        again in further siulations by using the customAtmosphere atmospheric
+        model.
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        filename
+
+        Return
+        ------
+        None
+        """
+
+        # TODO: in the future, allow the user to select which format will be used (json, csv, etc.). Default must be JSON.
+        # TODO: add self.exportEnvDictionary to the documentation
+        # TODO: find a way to documennt the workaround I've used on ma.getdata(self...
+        self.exportEnvDictionary = {
+            "railLength": self.rL,
+            "gravity": self.g,
+            "date": [self.date.year, self.date.month, self.date.day, self.date.hour],
+            "latitude": self.lat,
+            "longitude": self.lon,
+            "elevation": self.elevation,
+            "datum": self.datum,
+            "timeZone": self.timeZone,
+            "maxExpectedHeight": float(self.maxExpectedHeight),
+            "atmosphericModelType": self.atmosphericModelType,
+            "atmosphericModelFile": self.atmosphericModelFile,
+            "atmosphericModelDict": self.atmosphericModelDict,
+            "atmosphericModelPressureProfile": ma.getdata(
+                self.pressure.getSource()
+            ).tolist(),
+            "atmosphericModelTemperatureProfile": ma.getdata(
+                self.temperature.getSource()
+            ).tolist(),
+            "atmosphericModelWindVelocityXProfile": ma.getdata(
+                self.windVelocityX.getSource()
+            ).tolist(),
+            "atmosphericModelWindVelocityYProfile": ma.getdata(
+                self.windVelocityY.getSource()
+            ).tolist(),
+        }
+
+        f = open(filename + ".json", "w")
+
+        # write json object to file
+        f.write(
+            json.dumps(self.exportEnvDictionary, sort_keys=False, indent=4, default=str)
+        )
+
+        # close file
+        f.close()
+        print("Your Environment file was saved, check it out: " + filename + ".json")
+        print(
+            "You can use it in the future by using the customAtmosphere atmospheric model."
+        )
+
+        return None
+
     # Auxiliary functions - Geodesic Coordinates
     def geodesicToUtm(self, lat, lon, datum):
         """Function which converts geodetic coordinates, i.e. lat/lon, to UTM