solarangle: Solar Angle

Description Usage Arguments Examples

View source: R/solarangle.R

Description

Angle of solar inclination from horizontal at solar noon [rad]

Usage

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solarangle(lat, Jday)

Arguments

lat

latitdue [rad]

Jday

Julian date or day of the year [day]

Examples

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##---- Should be DIRECTLY executable !! ----
##-- ==>  Define data, use random,
##--	or do  help(data=index)  for the standard data sets.

## The function is currently defined as
function(lat,Jday){
# angle of solar inclination from horizontal at solar noon [rad]

#lat: latitdue [rad]
#Jday: Julian date or day of the year [day]

# solar declination [rad]
dec<-declination(Jday)

return(asin(sin(lat)*sin(dec)+cos(lat)*cos(dec)*cos(0)))
  }

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