[GRASS-SVN] r70874 - grass/trunk/raster/r.sunhours

[svn_grass at osgeo.org]

Author: neteler
Date: 2017-04-14 14:43:40 -0700 (Fri, 14 Apr 2017)
New Revision: 70874

Modified:
   grass/trunk/raster/r.sunhours/r.sunhours.html
Log:
r.sunhours manual: fix broken example; clarify description

Modified: grass/trunk/raster/r.sunhours/r.sunhours.html
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--- grass/trunk/raster/r.sunhours/r.sunhours.html	2017-04-14 20:54:53 UTC (rev 70873)
+++ grass/trunk/raster/r.sunhours/r.sunhours.html	2017-04-14 21:43:40 UTC (rev 70874)
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 
 <em>r.sunhours</em> calculates sun elevation and sun azimuth angles for
 the given time of day and each grid cell in the current region. 
-Additionally, the photoperiod (sunshine hours) can be calculated.
+Additionally, the photoperiod (sunshine hours on flat terrain) can be
+calculated.
 
 <p>
 Sun elevation, height, height angle, or solar altitude angle is the
@@ -19,9 +20,13 @@
 <p>
 If a <em>sunhour</em> output map is specified, the module calculates 
 sunshine hours for the given day. This option requires both Greenwhich 
-standard time (<em>-t</em> flag) and the solpos algorithm of NREL 
-(<em>-s</em> flag).
+standard time and the use of the SOLPOS algorithm by NREL.
 
+<h2>NOTESS</h2>
+
+To consider also cast shadow effects of the terrain, <em>r.sun</em> is
+to be used.
+
 <h2>EXAMPLES</h2>
 
 <h3>Calculating a sun elevation angle map</h3>
@@ -47,10 +52,13 @@
 
 <h3>Calculate map of photoperiod (insolation time)</h3>
 
-Calculate photoperiod of day of year 1 (1st January) 2012:
+Calculate photoperiod of day-of-year 001 (1st January) of 2012 for
+the current computational region, ignoring cast shadow effects of the
+terrain:
 
 <div class="code"><pre>
-r.sunhours -s sunhour=photoperiod_doy_001 year=2012 day=1
+g.region -p
+r.sunhours sunhour=photoperiod_doy_001 year=2012 day=1
 </pre></div>
 
 <h2>Acknowledgements</h2>
@@ -62,7 +70,7 @@
 <em>
 <a href="g.region.html">g.region</a>,
 <a href="r.sun.html">r.sun</a>,
-<a href="r.sunmask.html">r.sunmask</a>,
+<a href="r.sunmask.html">r.sunmask</a>
 </em>
 
 <h2>AUTHOR</h2>