MAVS Environment Parameters

The MAVS environment parameters describe the environmental condition for use in sensor and vehicle simulations. They can either be set in the environment block of MAVS Simulation or can be set in a separate json file located in the MAVS data directory under the environments folder.

"Environment": { 
	"Month": 3,
	"Day": 22,
	"Year": 2004,
	"Hour": 14,
	"Minute": 0,
	"Second": 0,
	"Turbidity": 3.0,
	"Local Albedo":[0.25,0.25,0.25],
	"Rain Rate": 25.0,
	"Wind": [5.0,2.0]
}

• Month: Month of the simulation from 1-12
• Day: Day of the month, from 1 to 31
• Year: Four digit year of the simulation
• Hour: Hour, from 0-23
• Minute: From 0-59,
• Second: From 0-59
• Turbidity: The atmospheric turbidity. 2.0 is very clear, while 10.0 is very hazy.
• Local Albedo: The RGB reflectance of the local terrain.
• Rain Rate: The rainfall rate in mm/h. 2.5 is light rain, while 50.0 is very heavy rain
• Wind: The horizontal wind speed and direction in m/s