Earth's Orbital Parameters
| Author(s) | O.Conrad (c) 2012 |
| Library ID | climate_tools |
| Tool ID | 2 |
| Version | 1.0 |
| Menu | Climate and Weather | Earth's Orbital Parameters |
Description
Orbital parameters used here are based on the work of Andre L. Berger and its implementation from the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS). Berger's orbital parameters are considered to be valid for approximately 1 million years.
References
Berger, A.L. (1978): Long Term Variations of Daily Insolation and Quaternary Climatic Changes. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, volume 35(12), 2362-2367.
Berger, A.L. (1978): A Simple Algorithm to Compute Long Term Variations of Daily or Monthly Insolation. Institut d'Astronomie et de Geophysique, Universite Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, No. 18.
Parameters
| | Name | Type | Identifier | Description | Constraints |
|---|
| Output | Earth's Orbital Parameters | table, output | ORBPAR | - | - |
| Options | Start [ka] | floating point number | START | - | Default: -200.000000 |
| Stop [ka] | floating point number | STOP | - | Default: 2.000000 |
| Step [ka] | floating point number | STEP | - | Minimum: 0.001000
Default: 1.000000 |
Command Line
Usage: saga_cmd climate_tools 2 [-ORBPAR ] [-START ] [-STOP ] [-STEP ]
-ORBPAR: Earth's Orbital Parameters
table, output
-START: Start [ka]
floating point number
Default: -200.000000
-STOP: Stop [ka]
floating point number
Default: 2.000000
-STEP: Step [ka]
floating point number
Minimum: 0.001000
Default: 1.000000