seasonal_solar module

Computes insolation, orbital distance, and declination for an eccentric planet, using formulas from Berger/Pan (JAS, 35, 1978). Dr. Russell Deitrick coded this up in the Matlab version of the EBM.

param xi:

1D array of sin(latitude) values.

param obl:

Obliquity in degrees.

param ecc:

Orbital eccentricity.

param long:

Longitude in degrees.

param star:

Stellar type (e.g., 'F', 'G', 'K', or 'M') used to get broadband albedo parameters.

returns:

2D array (npts x nts) of insolation (W/m²). distance : 1D array of normalized orbital distances. delt : 1D array of declination values (in degrees).

rtype:

insol

seasonal_solar.sun(xi, obl, ecc, long, star)[source]