ENH: Resolve pressure_ISA discretization bounds TODO (#1056)

* ENH: Resolve pressure_ISA discretization bounds TODO (#1056)

* TST: Fix test_flight and environment interpolation due to new ISA bounds

* MNT: self-document pressure_ISA bounds and strengthen discretization test

Derive the pressure_ISA discretization bounds from the standard-atmosphere
layer table (geopotential_height[0]/[-1]) instead of hardcoding -2000/80000,
and document why the grid is split around sea level. Strengthen the
discretization test with physical-sanity assertions (strictly increasing
altitude, strictly decreasing pressure, sea level sampled). No change in
numeric output.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* TST: update density doctest for new pressure_ISA discretization

The finer spline knots shift density at 1000 m by ~1e-4 (density at sea
level is unchanged since 0 m is still sampled exactly). Update the
calculate_density_profile doctest expected value accordingly.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* TST: relax noisy stream_velocity_z apogee tolerance

stream_velocity_z at apogee is a residual of the apogee-time estimation:
it is physically ~0 but swings by ~1e-4 m/s across platforms/NumPy
versions and atmosphere discretizations (e.g. -8.9e-8 on py3.10 with the
new ISA grid, -2.0e-4 with the old grid, +2.6e-4 on py3.14). The previous
atol=1e-5 was tighter than this numerical noise, making the assertion
flaky. Use atol=1e-3, which is physically negligible (vertical speed
peaks above 200 m/s) while still catching real regressions.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* STY: apply ruff markdown formatting to README code blocks

CI installs ruff unpinned; ruff 0.16 formats fenced Python blocks in
Markdown by default, so `ruff format --check .` now flags README.md on
every PR. Reformat the affected snippets (indentation, quotes, call
wrapping) to unblock the lint check. No semantic changes.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* MNT: satisfy pylint on the pressure_ISA discretization changes

CI runs pylint unpinned; three messages were attributable to this PR:
- C0415 import-outside-toplevel: move the tools import to the test module
  top level.
- R0915 too-many-statements: keep the discretization block compact so
  pressure_ISA stays within the 25-statement limit.
- C0302 too-many-lines: the terser block keeps environment.py under the
  3050-line module limit.

np.append over two linspaces yields the same grid as the previous
np.concatenate, so all numeric results are unchanged.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

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Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

Author: Gui-FernandesBR

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ Attention: The newest changes should be on top -->
 ### Changed
 
 - CI: make changelog automation LLM-based (Gemini) and race-safe [#1082](https://github.com/RocketPy-Team/RocketPy/pull/1082)
+- ENH: Resolve pressure_ISA discretization bounds TODO [#1056](https://github.com/RocketPy-Team/RocketPy/pull/1056)
+
+### Fixed
 
 ## [v1.13.0] - 2026-07-21
 

README.md

@@ -170,10 +170,10 @@ env = Environment(
 tomorrow = datetime.date.today() + datetime.timedelta(days=1)
 
 env.set_date(
-  (tomorrow.year, tomorrow.month, tomorrow.day, 12), timezone="America/Denver"
-) # Tomorrow's date in year, month, day, hour UTC format
+    (tomorrow.year, tomorrow.month, tomorrow.day, 12), timezone="America/Denver"
+)  # Tomorrow's date in year, month, day, hour UTC format
 
-env.set_atmospheric_model(type='Forecast', file='GFS')
+env.set_atmospheric_model(type="Forecast", file="GFS")
 ```
 
 This can be followed up by starting a Solid Motor object. To get help on it, just use:
@@ -233,9 +233,7 @@ buttons = calisto.set_rail_buttons(
 
 calisto.add_motor(Pro75M1670, position=-1.255)
 
-nose = calisto.add_nose(
-    length=0.55829, kind="vonKarman", position=1.278
-)
+nose = calisto.add_nose(length=0.55829, kind="vonKarman", position=1.278)
 
 fins = calisto.add_trapezoidal_fins(
     n=4,
@@ -290,7 +288,7 @@ To actually create a Flight object, use:
 
 ```python
 test_flight = Flight(
-  rocket=calisto, environment=env, rail_length=5.2, inclination=85, heading=0
+    rocket=calisto, environment=env, rail_length=5.2, inclination=85, heading=0
 )
 ```
 

rocketpy/environment/environment.py

@@ -2554,8 +2554,14 @@ def pressure_function(h):
                 )
             return P
 
-        # Discretize this Function to speed up the trajectory simulation
-        altitudes = np.linspace(0, 80000, 100)  # TODO: should be -2k instead of 0
+        # Discretize across the full ISA range (geopotential layers -> geometric
+        # height), keeping 0 m as a knot and now covering below sea level too.
+        gph_to_geo = geopotential_height_to_geometric_height
+        min_h = gph_to_geo(geopotential_height[0], earth_radius)
+        altitudes = np.append(
+            np.linspace(min_h, 0, 10, endpoint=False),
+            np.linspace(0, gph_to_geo(geopotential_height[-1], earth_radius), 90),
+        )
         pressures = [pressure_function(h) for h in altitudes]
 
         return np.column_stack([altitudes, pressures])
@@ -2603,7 +2609,7 @@ def calculate_density_profile(self):
         >>> env = Environment()
         >>> env.calculate_density_profile()
         >>> float(env.density(1000))
-        1.1115112430077818
+        1.1116196671683787
         """
         # Retrieve pressure P, gas constant R and temperature T
         P = self.pressure

tests/integration/simulation/test_flight.py

@@ -386,8 +386,13 @@ def test_freestream_speed_at_apogee(example_plain_env, calisto):
     """
     # NOTE: this rocket doesn't move in x or z direction. There's no wind.
     hard_atol = 1e-12
-    soft_atol = 1e-5
     soft_rtol = 1e-4
+    # stream_velocity_z at apogee is a numerically noisy ~0 quantity: it is a
+    # residual of the apogee-time estimation and swings by ~1e-4 across
+    # platforms/NumPy versions and atmosphere discretizations. Use a looser
+    # absolute tolerance for it (1e-3 m/s is physically negligible for a rocket
+    # whose vertical speed peaks above 200 m/s).
+    apogee_z_atol = 1e-3
     test_flight = Flight(
         environment=example_plain_env,
         rocket=calisto,
@@ -414,7 +419,7 @@ def test_freestream_speed_at_apogee(example_plain_env, calisto):
     npt.assert_allclose(
         test_flight.stream_velocity_z(test_flight.apogee_time),
         0.0,
-        atol=soft_atol,
+        atol=apogee_z_atol,
         rtol=soft_rtol,
     )
     npt.assert_allclose(

tests/unit/environment/test_environment.py

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
     utm_to_geodesic,
 )
 from rocketpy.environment.weather_model_mapping import WeatherModelMapping
+from rocketpy.tools import geopotential_height_to_geometric_height
 
 
 class DummyLambertProjection:
@@ -830,6 +831,37 @@ def test_pressure_conversion_factor_autodetect_by_model(
     assert factor == expected_factor
 
 
+def test_pressure_isa_discretization_bounds(example_plain_env):
+    """The pressure_ISA discretization must span the full range of the
+    Standard Atmosphere model: from the lowest geopotential layer (-2000 m) up
+    to the highest (80000 m), both converted to geometric height. It must also
+    be a physically sane pressure curve: altitude strictly increasing, pressure
+    strictly decreasing, and sea level (0 m) sampled exactly.
+    """
+
+    # Act
+    pressure_isa_function = example_plain_env.pressure_ISA
+    source_array = pressure_isa_function.source
+    altitudes = source_array[:, 0]
+    pressures = source_array[:, 1]
+
+    # Expected min/max geometric heights
+    earth_radius = example_plain_env.earth_radius
+    expected_min_height = geopotential_height_to_geometric_height(-2000, earth_radius)
+    expected_max_height = geopotential_height_to_geometric_height(80000, earth_radius)
+
+    # Assert
+    assert len(altitudes) == 100
+    assert np.isclose(altitudes[0], expected_min_height)
+    assert np.isclose(altitudes[-1], expected_max_height)
+    assert expected_min_height < 0 < expected_max_height
+    # Sea level must be one of the sampled points (split boundary)
+    assert np.any(np.isclose(altitudes, 0.0))
+    # Physical sanity: altitude increasing, pressure decreasing monotonically
+    assert np.all(np.diff(altitudes) > 0)
+    assert np.all(np.diff(pressures) < 0)
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "model, expected_factor",
     [("GEFS", 100), ("HIRESW", 100), ("GFS", 1), ("AIGFS", 1)],