hour_angle_sunset: Sunset hour angle

Description Usage Arguments Value References

View source: R/radiation_functions.R

Description

Calculates the sunset hour angle (radians) for a given location and day of the year using Equation 25 from Allen et al. (1998). Identical to Equation 2.2 in Harwell (2012).

Usage

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hour_angle_sunset(phi, delta)

Arguments

phi

latitude of the location (radians). Positive for northern hemisphere, negative for southern hemisphere.

delta

the solar declination based on the Julian day (radians)

Value

omega_s

sunset hour angle (radians)

References

Allen, R. G., Pereira, L. S., Raes, D., & Smith, M. (1998). Crop evapotranspiration: Guidelines for computing crop water requirements. Rome: FAO. Retrieved from http://www.fao.org/docrep/X0490E/x0490e00.htm.

Harwell, G.R., 2012, Estimation of evaporation from open water—A review of selected studies, summary of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers data collection and methods, and evaluation of two methods for estimation of evaporation from five reservoirs in Texas: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2012–5202, 96 p.


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