Annual Course of Daily Insolation

Author(s)	O.Conrad (c) 2012
Library ID	climate_tools
Tool ID	3
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	Solar Radiation	table, output	`SOLARRAD`	-	-
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
	Latitude [Degree]	floating point number	`LAT`	-	Minimum: -90.000000 Maximum: 90.000000 Default: 53.000000

Command Line


Usage: saga_cmd climate_tools 3 [-SOLARRAD ] [-START ] [-STOP ] [-STEP ] [-LAT ]
  -SOLARRAD:   Solar Radiation
	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
  -LAT:
                    Latitude [Degree]
                    	floating point number
                    	Minimum: -90.000000
                    	Maximum: 90.000000
                    	Default: 53.000000