--- ray/doc/man/man1/gendaymtx.1 2019/06/25 00:09:45 1.10 +++ ray/doc/man/man1/gendaymtx.1 2020/01/07 01:42:30 1.11 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" RCSid $Id: gendaymtx.1,v 1.10 2019/06/25 00:09:45 greg Exp $ +.\" RCSid $Id: gendaymtx.1,v 1.11 2020/01/07 01:42:30 greg Exp $ .TH GENDAYMTX 1 01/19/13 RADIANCE .SH NAME gendaymtx - generate an annual Perez sky matrix from a weather tape @@ -11,8 +11,10 @@ gendaymtx - generate an annual Perez sky matrix from a ][ .B "\-A" ][ -.B "\-d|\-s" +.B "\-d|\-s|\-n" ][ +.B "\-D sunfile" +][ .B "\-r deg" ][ .B "\-m N" @@ -44,7 +46,7 @@ parameter setting. .PP Increasing the .I \-m -parameter, typically by factors of two, yields a higher resolution +parameter yields a higher resolution sky using the Reinhart patch subdivision. For example, setting .I "\-m 4" @@ -87,6 +89,19 @@ If there is a sun in the description, .I gendaymtx will include its contribution in the four nearest sky patches, distributing energy according to centroid proximity. +.PP +The +.I \-n +option may be used if no matrix output is desired. +This may be used to merely check the input, or in combination with the +.I \-D +option, below. +.PP +The +.I \-D +option may be used to specify an output file to contain a list of +solar positions and intensities corresponding to time steps in the +weather tape where the sun is visible above the horizion. .PP By default, .I gendaymtx