Path: Interplanetary/Envionment
% Computes the albedo and radiation flux for planets.
Uses the Constant database for planetary constants and the Planets function
to determine the average planetary distance for solar flux.
Type PlanetaryRadiationAndAlbedo for a demo at Mars and the Earth.
See also SolarFlx, EarthAlb, EarthRad
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Form:
PlanetaryRadiationAndAlbedo( 'initialize', planet )
[qR, qA] = PlanetaryRadiationAndAlbedo( 'update', r, uS )
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Inputs
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action (1,:) 'initialize' or 'update'
r (3,:) Satellite position relative to center or planet name
or the planet name if action is 'initialize'
uS (3,1) Unit vector to the Sun
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Outputs
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qR (1,:) Radiation flux
qA (1,:) Albedo flux
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SC: Environs/EarthAlb SC: Environs/EarthRad SC: Environs/SolarFlx SC: Ephem/Planets Common: Database/Constant Common: Graphics/Plot2D Math: Linear/Mag Math: Linear/Unit
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