sunaltitude: Altitude of sun above horizon.

Description Usage Arguments Value Author(s) See Also Examples

View source: R/fire_index_functions.r

Description

Calculates the altitude of the sun above the horizon for a given latitude, day of year and hour of day.

Usage

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sunaltitude(latitude, dayofyear, hour)

Arguments

latitude

Latitude of location, southern locations take negative latitude.

dayofyear

Day of year, julan day.

hour

Hour of day, from midnight.

Value

Altitude (angle) of sun above the horizon.

Author(s)

Grant Williamson

See Also

dayintegral,daylengths,hourwatt

Examples

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latitude = -42
hour=11
doy=45
sunaltitude(latitude,doy,hour)

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