Monthly Global by Latitude

Author: O.Conrad (c) 2012
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): 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.
Berger, A.L. (1978): Long Term Variations of Daily Insolation and Quaternary Climatic Changes. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, volume 35(12), 2362-2367.

Parameters

	Name	Type	Identifier	Description	Constraints
Input	Albedo	table, input, optional	`ALBEDO`	-	-
Output	Solar Radiation	table, output	`SOLARRAD`	-	-
Options	Field	table field	`FIELD`	-	-
	Year [ka]	floating point number	`YEAR`	-	Default: 2.000000
	Latitude Increment [Degree]	integer number	`DLAT`	-	Minimum: 1 Maximum: 90 Default: 5

Command Line


Usage: saga_cmd climate_tools 5 [-SOLARRAD ] [-ALBEDO ] [-FIELD ] [-YEAR ] [-DLAT ]
  -SOLARRAD:	Solar Radiation
	table, output
  -ALBEDO:  	Albedo
	table, input, optional
  -FIELD:   	Field
	table field
  -YEAR: 	Year [ka]
	floating point number
	Default: 2.000000
  -DLAT:    	Latitude Increment [Degree]
	integer number
	Minimum: 1
	Maximum: 90
	Default: 5