Tool NameSolar Position
Tool ID33
Library IDclimate_tools
Version1.0
Author(s)O.Conrad (c) 2024

Please cite SAGA whenever you use it for your publications:

doi:10.5194/gmd-8-1991-2015


Description

This tool calculates the solar position for requested latitude, date range and daily time range.

Parameters

NameTypeIdentifierDescriptionConstraints
Output
Solar Positiontable, outputTABLE
Options
LatitudedegreeLATITUDEMinimum: -90.000000
Maximum: 90.000000
Default: 53
FromdateDATE_FROMDefault: 2000-01-01
TodateDATE_TODefault: 2000-12-31
Stepinteger numberDATE_STEPMinimum: 0
Default: 5
Fromfloating point numberTIME_FROMDefault: 1
Tofloating point numberTIME_TODefault: 24
Stepfloating point numberTIME_STEPMinimum: 0.000000
Default: 1