earthkit.meteo.solar.array.cos_solar_zenith_angle_integrated¶
- earthkit.meteo.solar.array.cos_solar_zenith_angle_integrated(begin_date, end_date, latitudes, longitudes, *, intervals_per_hour=1, integration_order=3)¶
Average of solar zenith angle based on numerical integration.
- Parameters:
begin_date (
datetime.datetime)end_date (
datetime.datetime)lat (
array-like) – Latitude [degrees].lon (
array-like) – Longitude [degrees].intervals_per_hour (
int) – Number of time integrations per hour.order (integration) – Order of Gaussian integration, valid = (1, 2, 3, 4)
- Returns:
Average of cosine of the solar zenith angle during interval [degrees]. Based on numerical integration using the 3 point [Gaussian_Quadrature] rule. [Hogan_and_Hirahara2015], [Biricombe2022]
- Return type:
float array