pvl_extraradiation

Determine extraterrestrial radiation from day of year

Contents

Syntax

Ea = pvl_extraradiation(doy)

Description

Determine the amount of extraterrestrial solar radiation.

Inputs

Outputs

Example

Calculate extraterrestrial radiation for doy = 60;

Ea = pvl_extraradiation(60)
Ea =

   1.3922e+03

References

[1] http://solardat.uoregon.edu/SolarRadiationBasics.html, Eqs. SR1 from [2] and SR2 from [3].

[2] Partridge, G. W. and Platt, C. M. R, Radiative Processes in Meteorology and Climatology, 1976.

[3] Duffie, J. A. and Beckman, W. A., Solar Engineering of Thermal Processes, 2nd edn. J. Wiley and Sons, New York, 1991.

See Also

pvl_date2doy

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