[R] sunrise, sunset calculation

[Mike Sumner]

At 06:26 PM 6/21/2004, Angel Lopez wrote:

>Are there any functions available to calculate sunrise and sunset times 
>for given latitude,longitude and dates?
>If not, I'll appreciatte any pointers to C code I could use/port.
>Thanks,
>Angel


Hello, I have R code for determining solar elevation for given lat,lon,time 
- they were translated from the Javascript on these pages.

  http://www.srrb.noaa.gov/highlights/sunrise/sunrise.html
  http://www.srrb.noaa.gov/highlights/sunrise/azel.html

I use them in a fairly specialized way, but I can dig it out and probably 
help you get started.

Cheers, Mike.




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