Calculates insolation and cast shadows on tilted and irregular surfaces, computes atmospheric transmittance and related parameters such as: Earth radius vector, declination, sunset and sunrise, daylength, equation of time, vector in the direction of the sun, vector normal to surface, and some atmospheric physics.
| Package: | insol |
| Type: | Package |
| Version: | 1.2 |
| Date: | 2019-01-16 |
| License: | GPL-2 |
| LazyLoad: | yes |
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