radiation: Solar radiation utility functions
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Description Usage Arguments Value Note Author(s) References See Also

Set of functions used in the calculation of incoming solar radiation and net radiation.

radiation_dateStringToJulianDays(dateStrings)
radiation_daylength(latrad, slorad, asprad, delta)
radiation_daylengthseconds(latrad, slorad, asprad, delta)
radiation_directDiffuseInstant(solarConstant, latrad, slorad, asprad, delta,
                               hrad, R_p, R_s, clearday)
radiation_directDiffuseDay(solarConstant, latrad, slorad, asprad, delta,
                           R_s, clearday, nsteps = 24)
radiation_potentialRadiation(solarConstant, latrad, slorad, asprad, delta)
radiation_julianDay(year, month, day)
radiation_skyLongwaveRadiation(Tair, vpa, c)
radiation_outgoingLongwaveRadiation(solarConstant, latrad, elevation,  slorad, 
                                    asprad, delta, vpa, tmin, tmax, R_s)
radiation_netRadiation(solarConstant, latrad, elevation, slorad, asprad,  delta, 
                    vpa, tmin, tmax, R_s, alpha = 0.08)
radiation_solarConstant(J)
radiation_solarDeclination(J)
radiation_solarElevation(latrad, delta, hrad)
radiation_solarRadiation(solarConstant, latrad, elevation, slorad, asprad, delta,
                         diffTemp, diffTempMonth, vpa, precipitation)
radiation_sunRiseSet(latrad, slorad, asprad, delta)

`dateStrings`	A character vector with dates in format "YYYY-MM-DD".
`latrad`	Latitude (in radians North).
`slorad`	Slope (in radians).
`asprad`	Aspect (in radians from North).
`delta`	Solar declination (in radians).
`solarConstant`	Solar constant (in kW·m-2).
`hrad`	Solar hour (in radians).
`R_p`	Daily potential solar radiation (MJ·m-2).
`R_s`	Daily incident solar radiation (MJ·m-2).
`clearday`	Boolean flag to indicate a clearsky day (vs. overcast).
`nsteps`	Number of daily substeps.
`J`	Julian day (integer), number of days since January 1, 4713 BCE at noon UTC.
`year, month, day`	Year, month and day as integers.
`alpha`	Surface albedo (from 0 to 1).
`Tair`	Air temperature (in degrees Celsius).
`vpa`	Average daily vapor pressure (kPa).
`c`	Proportion of sky covered by clouds [0-1].
`tmin, tmax`	Minimum and maximum daily temperature (ºC).
`elevation`	Elevation above sea level (in m).
`precipitation`	Precipitation (in mm).
`diffTemp`	Difference between maximum and minimum temperature (ºC).
`diffTempMonth`	Difference between maximum and minimum temperature, averaged over 30 days (ºC).

Values returned for each function are:

radiation_dateStringToJulianDays: A vector of Julian days (i.e. number of days since January 1, 4713 BCE at noon UTC).
radiation_daylength: Day length (in hours).
radiation_daylengthseconds: Day length (in seconds).
radiation_directDiffuseInstant: A vector with instantaneous direct and diffusive radiation rates (for both SWR and PAR).
radiation_directDiffuseDay: A data frame with instantaneous direct and diffusive radiation rates (for both SWR and PAR) for each subdaily time step.
radiation_potentialRadiation: Daily (potential) solar radiation (in MJ·m-2).
radiation_julianDay: Number of days since January 1, 4713 BCE at noon UTC.
radiation_skyLongwaveRadiation: Instantaneous incoming (sky) longwave radiation (W·m-2).
radiation_outgoingLongwaveRadiation: Daily outgoing longwave radiation (MJ·m-2·day-1).
radiation_netRadiation: Daily net solar radiation (MJ·m-2·day-1).
radiation_solarConstant: Solar constant (in kW·m-2).
radiation_solarDeclination: Solar declination (in radians).
radiation_solarElevation: Angle of elevation of the sun with respect to the horizon (in radians).
radiation_solarRadiation: Daily incident solar radiation (MJ·m-2·day-1).
radiation_sunRiseSet: Sunrise and sunset hours in hour angle (radians).

Code for radiation_julianDay(), radiation_solarConstant() and radiation_solarDeclination() was translated to C++ from R code in package 'insol' (by J. G. Corripio).

Miquel De Cáceres Ainsa, Centre Tecnologic Forestal de Catalunya

Danby, J. M. Eqn. 6.16.4 in Fundamentals of Celestial Mechanics, 2nd ed. Richmond, VA: Willmann-Bell, p. 207, 1988.

Garnier, B.J., Ohmura, A., 1968. A method of calculating the direct shortwave radiation income of slopes. J. Appl. Meteorol. 7: 796-800

McMahon, T. A., M. C. Peel, L. Lowe, R. Srikanthan, and T. R. McVicar. 2013. Estimating actual, potential, reference crop and pan evaporation using standard meteorological data: a pragmatic synthesis. Hydrology & Earth System Sciences 17:1331–1363. See also: http://www.fao.org/docrep/x0490e/x0490e06.htm.

Reda, I. and Andreas, A. 2003. Solar Position Algorithm for Solar Radiation Applications. 55 pp.; NREL Report No. TP-560-34302, Revised January 2008. http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy08osti/34302.pdf

Spitters, C.J.T., Toussaint, H.A.J.M. and Goudriaan, J. (1986). Separating the diffuse and direct components of global radiation and its implications for modeling canopy photosynthesis. I. Components of incoming radiation. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 38, 231–242.

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