Calculates the total solar energy received over a full Martian day on a horizontal surface.
Obtained by integrating global hourly insolation 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_h function

<dl><dt>Ls</dt>
<dd>Areocentric longitude [deg]</dd>
<dt>phi</dt>
<dd>Planetary latitude [deg]</dd>
<dt>longitude</dt>
<dd>Planetary longitude [deg]</dd>
<dt>tau</dt>
<dd>Atmospheric optical depth (dimensionless)</dd>
<dt>al</dt>
<dd>Surface albedo (dimensionless, 0-1). If not provided, calculated from latitude, longitude, and tau</dd></dl>

Arguments

Global daily insolation on Mars horizontal surface — H_h

<dl>

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


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


<dt>longitude</dt>
<dd>Planetary longitude [deg]</dd>


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


<dt>al</dt>
<dd>Surface albedo (dimensionless, 0-1). If not provided, calculated from latitude, longitude, and tau</dd>

</dl>

H_h: Global daily insolation on Mars horizontal surface

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