H_bh

Calculates the direct beam solar energy received over a full Martian day on a horizontal surface.
Obtained by integrating beam irradiance from sunrise to sunset.

A set of functions to calculate solar irradiance and insolation on Mars horizontal and inclined surfaces. Based on NASA Technical Memoranda 102299, 103623, 105216, 106321, and 106700, i.e. the canonical Mars solar radiation papers.

Georges Labrèche

marsrad

Mars Solar Radiation

H_bh function

<dl><dt>Ls</dt>
<dd>Areocentric longitude [deg]</dd>
<dt>phi</dt>
<dd>Planetary latitude [deg]</dd>
<dt>tau</dt>
<dd>Atmospheric optical depth (dimensionless)</dd></dl>

Arguments

Beam daily insolation on Mars horizontal surface — H_bh

<dl>

<dt>Ls</dt>
<dd>Areocentric longitude [deg]</dd>


<dt>phi</dt>
<dd>Planetary latitude [deg]</dd>


<dt>tau</dt>
<dd>Atmospheric optical depth (dimensionless)</dd>

</dl>

H_bh: Beam daily insolation on Mars horizontal surface

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