[GRASS-SVN] r66998 - grass/branches/releasebranch_7_0/raster/r.sun
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Tue Dec 1 08:41:11 PST 2015
Author: neteler
Date: 2015-12-01 08:41:11 -0800 (Tue, 01 Dec 2015)
New Revision: 66998
Modified:
grass/branches/releasebranch_7_0/raster/r.sun/r.sun.html
Log:
r.sun manual: better reflect shadow calculation default setting
Modified: grass/branches/releasebranch_7_0/raster/r.sun/r.sun.html
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--- grass/branches/releasebranch_7_0/raster/r.sun/r.sun.html 2015-12-01 16:40:35 UTC (rev 66997)
+++ grass/branches/releasebranch_7_0/raster/r.sun/r.sun.html 2015-12-01 16:41:11 UTC (rev 66998)
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
extraterrestrial irradiance, daylight length) are stored in the resultant maps'
history files. Alternatively, the local time can be specified to compute solar
incidence angle and/or irradiance raster maps. The shadowing effect of the
-topography is optionally incorporated. This can be done either by calculating
-the shadowing effect directly from the digital elevation model or using rasters
-of the horizon height which is much faster. The horizon rasters can be
-constructed using <a href="r.horizon.html">r.horizon</a>.
+topography is incorporated by default. This can be done either internally by
+calculatoion of the shadowing effect directly from the digital elevation model
+or by specifying raster maps of the horizon height which is much faster. These
+horizon raster maps can be calculated using <a href="r.horizon.html">r.horizon</a>.
<p>For latitude-longitude coordinates it requires that the elevation map is in meters.
The rules are:
<ul>
@@ -33,8 +33,9 @@
to fulfil user needs in various fields of science (hydrology, climatology,
ecology and environmental sciences, photovoltaics, engineering, etc.) for
continental, regional up to the landscape scales.
-<p>As an option the model considers a shadowing effect of the local topography.
-The r.sun program works in two modes. In the first mode it calculates for the set
+<p>The model considers a shadowing effect of the local topography unless switched
+off with the <em>-p</em> flag.
+<b>r.sun</b> works in two modes: In the first mode it calculates for the set
local time a solar incidence angle [degrees] and solar irradiance values [W.m-2].
In the second mode daily sums of solar radiation [Wh.m-2.day-1] are computed
within a set day. By a scripting the two modes can be used separately or
@@ -221,7 +222,7 @@
END OF WE DON'T KNOW
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-<h3>Shadow maps</h3>
+<h3>Extraction of shadow maps</h3>
A map of shadows can be extracted from the solar incidence angle map
(incidout). Areas with zero values are shadowed. This will not work
if the <em>-p</em> flag has been used.
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