radtran_solar_zenith: Calculate solar zenith angle

In sean-rohan/trawllight: Derive apparent optical properties from trawl-mounted light sensors

Calculate solar zenith angle

Description

Calculate solar zenith angle for a latitude and longitude based on position, date, time, and timezone. From the function fishmethods::astrocalc4r.

Usage

radtran_solar_zenith(lat, lon, day, month, year, hour, timezone)

Arguments

lat	Latitude in decimal degrees.
lon	Longitude in decimal degrees.
day	Day of month. Integer.
month	Month. Integer.
year	Year. Numeric.
hour	Hour (decimal hour). Numeric.
timezone	Local time relative to GMT (Alaska Daylight Time is -8, i.e., GMT-8)

Value

Returns a numeric vector of solar zenith angle (degrees).

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