solrad (version 1.0.0)

HourAngle: Solar Hour Angle

Description

This function returns solar hour angle for a given day of year, and location.

Usage

HourAngle(DOY, Lon, SLon, DS)

Arguments

DOY

Day of year

Lon

Longitude in degrees

SLon

Standard longitude (based on time zone) in degrees

DS

Daylight saving in minutes

Examples

# NOT RUN {
#Calculating solar hour angle for two consecutive days

DOY <- seq(0, 2, .05)

h <- HourAngle(DOY, Lon=0, SLon=0, DS=60)
#Note: only the difference between Lon and SLon matters not each value

plot(DOY, h)

# }