SunAzEl:

Path: AerospaceUtils/Coord

% Approx. azimuth and elevation of the sun for a time and place on earth.

 Type SunAzEl for a demo.

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   Form:
   [az,el,dec] = SunAzEl( day, hour, lat, lon );
    - or -
   [az,el,dec] = SunAzEl( jD, lat, lon );
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   Inputs
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   day         (1,n)   The day of the year, 0 <= day <= 365
   hour        (1,n)   The hour of the day, 0 at midnight, 12 at noon
   lat         (1,n)   The geographic latitude
   lon         (1,n)   The geographic longitude

   - or -

   jD          (1,n)   The julian date
   lat         (1,n)   The geographic latitude
   lon         (1,n)   The geographic longitude

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   Outputs
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   az          (1,n)   Azimuth angle of the sun (rad)
   el          (1,n)   Elevation angle of the sun (rad)
   dec         (1,n)   The declination of the sun (rad)

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Children:

Common: CommonData/SwooshWatermark
Common: General/CellToMat
Common: General/MatToCell
Common: General/Watermark
Common: Graphics/NewFig
Common: Graphics/Plot2D
Common: Graphics/PltStyle
Common: Time/DTAToDTS
Common: Time/DTSToDTA
Common: Time/Date2DN
Common: Time/Date2JD
Common: Time/JD2DN
Common: Time/JD2Date
Math: MathUtils/R2P5

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