Description Usage Arguments Value Author(s) References Examples
Computes the declination of the Sun for a given Julian Day.
1 | declination(jd)
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jd |
Julian Day. |
Declination in degrees and decimal fraction.
Javier G. Corripio
https://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/grad/solcalc/calcdetails.html
Meeus, J. 1999. Astronomical Algorithms. Willmann-Bell, Richmond, Virginia, USA.
Reda, I. and Andreas, A. 2003. Solar Position Algorithm for Solar Radiation Applications. 55 pp.; NREL Report No. TP-560-34302, Revised January 2008. https://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy08osti/34302.pdf
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 | declination(JDymd(2019,1,1))
jdays = JD(ISOdate(2019,1:12,21))
declination(jdays)
## Plot daily changes in declination from 2018 to 2020
jdays=JD(seq(ISOdate(2018,1,1),ISOdate(2020,12,31),by='day'))
plot(declination(jdays),xlab='days from 2018-01-01',ylab='declination')
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