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SZAAngle

Syntax
double SZAAngle(double lon,double lat,double dec,double Hangle);
Header
imagery/sza.h
Library
sza
Description

The SZAAngle function calculates the Solar-Zenith Angle at a given location and time.

The geographic position of the point to calculate the angle for is given by the arguments lon and lat. The solar declination angle and the solar hour angle are given by the arguments dec and Hangle.

Returns
Returns the Solar-Zenith Angle in degrees.
Errors
None
Example

Source Code: SZAAngle.c

/* SZAAngle.c
   ==========
   Author: R.J.Barnes
 Copyright (c) 2012 The Johns Hopkins University/Applied Physics Laboratory

This file is part of the Radar Software Toolkit (RST).

RST is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

Modifications:

*/


#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

#include "sza.h"


int main(int argc,char *argv[]) {

  int yr,mo,dy,hr,mt,sc;

  double lat=50.3,lon=0.0;
  double dec,eqt,LsoT,Hangle,sza;

  yr=2002;
  mo=8;
  dy=30;
  hr=10;
  mt=0;
  sc=0;


  dec=SZASolarDec(yr,mo,dy,hr,mt,sc);
  eqt=SZAEqOfTime(yr,mo,dy,hr,mt,sc);

  LsoT=(hr*3600+mt*60)+(lon*4*60)+eqt;
  Hangle=15*((LsoT/3600)-12);

  sza=SZAAngle(lon,lat,dec,Hangle);  

  fprintf(stdout,"SZAAngle'n");
  fprintf(stdout,"Time: %.4d-%.2d-%.2d %.2d:%.2d:%.2d'n",yr,mo,dy,hr,mt,sc);

  fprintf(stdout,"Input: lat=%g, lon=%g'n",lat,lon);
  fprintf(stdout,"Output: SZA=%g'n",sza);
  return 0;
}