Potential Annual Insolation

Author: O.Conrad (c) 2018
Menu: Terrain Analysis | Lighting and Visibility

Description

Calculates the annual potential total insolation for given time steps and stores resulting time series in a grid collection.

Parameters

	Name	Type	Identifier	Description	Constraints
Input	Elevation	grid, input	`DEM`	-	-
Output	Annual Insolation	grid collection, output	`INSOLATION`	-	-
Options	Grid System	grid system	`PARAMETERS_GRID_SYSTEM`	-	-
	Number of Steps	integer number	`STEPS`	Number of time steps per year.	Minimum: 2 Maximum: 365 Default: 14
	Units	choice	`UNITS`	Units for output radiation values.	Available Choices: [0] kWh / m2 [1] kJ / m2 [2] J / cm2 Default: 0
	Resolution [h]	floating point number	`HOUR_STEP`	Time step size for a day's calculation given in hours.	Minimum: 0.000000 Maximum: 24.000000 Default: 0.500000
	Reference Year	integer number	`YEAR`	-	Default: 2000

Command Line

Usage: saga_cmd ta_lighting 7 [-DEM ] [-INSOLATION ] [-STEPS ] [-UNITS ] [-HOUR_STEP ] [-YEAR ]
  -DEM:         	Elevation
	grid, input
  -INSOLATION:  	Annual Insolation
	grid collection, output
  -STEPS:       	Number of Steps
	integer number
	Minimum: 2
	Maximum: 365
	Default: 14
  -UNITS:       	Units
	choice
	Available Choices:
	[0] kWh / m2
	[1] kJ / m2
	[2] J / cm2
	Default: 0
  -HOUR_STEP:	Resolution [h]
	floating point number
	Minimum: 0.000000
	Maximum: 24.000000
	Default: 0.500000
  -YEAR:        	Reference Year
	integer number
	Default: 2000