sun.path: Modified Version of the Solar Position Plots of Thomas...

In adam-erickson/gapfraction: Functions for processing airborne LiDAR scans of forests

Modified Version of the Solar Position Plots of Thomas Steiner

Description

This function creates Cartesian and polar sun path plots for specific locations, useful for estimating understory light. CC-by-SA 2.5: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/

Usage

sun.path(location.name = "Jena", phi = 50.9106, lambda = 11.5672,
  out = "", type = "polar", lang = "en", locale = "English",
  ieqot = FALSE, summert = 0)

Arguments

location.name	Name of the plot location. Defaults to
phi	Latitude in degrees.
lambda	Longitude in degrees.
out	Output file type. Options include PNG, PDF, JPG, and SVG.
type	Type of plot. Options include polar and cart.
lang	Language to use. Options include de for German, en for English, it for Italian, and nl for Dutch.
locale	Set localization for month name generation. Options include German_Austria, English, Italian, and Dutch.
ieqot	Boolean switch for whether to take the equation of time into account.
summert	Boolean switch used to set to summertime normal time.

Value

The results of sun.path

Author(s)

Thomas Steiner

References

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sonnenstand.png

Examples

sun.path(location.name='Jena', phi=50.9106, lambda=11.5672, out='', type='polar', lang='en', locale='English', ieqot=FALSE, summert=0)

adam-erickson/gapfraction documentation built on May 12, 2024, 6:15 p.m.