# Simulation profiles

Ready-made `.ini` configurations for the most common MoCSI setups. Pick the profile closest to your case, copy it into your simulation directory, and edit from there. Feature tags call out which options each profile turns on.

## 1D profiles

Single-facet / single-surface-point simulations. Fast to iterate on — useful for validating physics or testing new modules before going quasi-3D.

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    <h3>Constant flux, top and bottom</h3>
    <p>Fixed heat flux at both boundaries; interior temperature evolution in a single 1D column.</p>
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      <span class="tag">1D</span>
      <span class="tag">Top: const flux</span>
      <span class="tag">Bottom: const flux</span>
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    <h3>Surface energy balance, const flux bottom</h3>
    <p>Surface energy balance at the top with a fixed solar direction; fixed-flux base. Single 1D column, no shape model.</p>
    <div class="tags">
      <span class="tag">1D</span>
      <span class="tag">Top: SEB</span>
      <span class="tag">Bottom: const flux</span>
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    <h3>SEB with SPICE, const flux bottom</h3>
    <p>Surface energy balance at the top with the solar vector taken from SPICE kernels each step; fixed-flux base. Single 1D column, no shape model.</p>
    <div class="tags">
      <span class="tag">1D</span>
      <span class="tag">Top: SEB</span>
      <span class="tag">Bottom: const flux</span>
      <span class="tag tag--spice">SPICE</span>
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  <a class="profile-card" href="sinusoidal_temp_top_const_flux_bottom_1d/sinusoidal_temp_top_const_flux_bottom_1d.html">
    <h3>Sinusoidal temperature, const flux bottom</h3>
    <p>Analytical-style setup for validation with a prescribed sinusoidal surface temperature.</p>
    <div class="tags">
      <span class="tag">1D</span>
      <span class="tag">Top: sinusoidal T</span>
      <span class="tag">Bottom: const flux</span>
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## Quasi-3D profiles (shape model)

Each facet of a shape model runs a 1D simulation. Enable radiosity for facet-to-facet scattered light and self-heating; enable SPICE for real ephemerides-driven geometry.

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    <h3>SEB on shape model</h3>
    <p>Surface energy balance per facet using a fixed solar direction; facets evolve independently with no radiative coupling.</p>
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      <span class="tag">Quasi-3D</span>
      <span class="tag">Top: SEB</span>
      <span class="tag">Bottom: const flux</span>
      <span class="tag tag--shape">Shape model</span>
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    <h3>SEB on shape model + radiosity</h3>
    <p>Surface energy balance per facet, with facet-to-facet scattered light and self-heating via the radiosity equations (Potter et al., 2023). Fixed solar direction.</p>
    <div class="tags">
      <span class="tag">Quasi-3D</span>
      <span class="tag">Top: SEB</span>
      <span class="tag">Bottom: const flux</span>
      <span class="tag tag--shape">Shape model</span>
      <span class="tag tag--radiosity">Radiosity</span>
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  <a class="profile-card" href="seb_top_const_flux_bottom_shapemodel_spice_quasi_3d/seb_top_const_flux_bottom_shapemodel_spice_quasi_3d.html">
    <h3>SEB on shape model + SPICE</h3>
    <p>Surface energy balance per facet with SPICE-driven solar direction and body orientation each step; facets evolve independently.</p>
    <div class="tags">
      <span class="tag">Quasi-3D</span>
      <span class="tag">Top: SEB</span>
      <span class="tag">Bottom: const flux</span>
      <span class="tag tag--shape">Shape model</span>
      <span class="tag tag--spice">SPICE</span>
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  <a class="profile-card" href="seb_top_const_flux_bottom_shapemodel_spice_radiosity_quasi_3d/seb_top_const_flux_bottom_shapemodel_spice_radiosity_quasi_3d.html">
    <h3>SEB on shape model + SPICE + radiosity</h3>
    <p>Full-physics option: SPICE-driven solar direction and body orientation each step, plus facet-to-facet radiosity for scattered light and self-heating.</p>
    <div class="tags">
      <span class="tag">Quasi-3D</span>
      <span class="tag">Top: SEB</span>
      <span class="tag">Bottom: const flux</span>
      <span class="tag tag--shape">Shape model</span>
      <span class="tag tag--spice">SPICE</span>
      <span class="tag tag--radiosity">Radiosity</span>
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  </a>
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