--- ray/doc/man/man1/gendaymtx.1 2020/08/15 03:28:56 1.13 +++ ray/doc/man/man1/gendaymtx.1 2022/08/13 17:24:56 1.16 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" RCSid $Id: gendaymtx.1,v 1.13 2020/08/15 03:28:56 greg Exp $ +.\" RCSid $Id: gendaymtx.1,v 1.16 2022/08/13 17:24:56 greg Exp $ .TH GENDAYMTX 1 01/19/13 RADIANCE .SH NAME gendaymtx - generate an annual Perez sky matrix from a weather tape @@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ gendaymtx - generate an annual Perez sky matrix from a ][ .B "\-d|\-s|\-n" ][ +.B "\-u" +][ .B "\-D sunfile" [ .B "\-M sunmods" @@ -79,6 +81,10 @@ The default value is .I "\-g 0.2 0.2 0.2" corresponding to a 20% gray. .PP +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. The .I \-d option may be used to produce a sun-only matrix, with no sky contributions, @@ -86,11 +92,7 @@ and the ground patch also set to zero. Alternatively, the .I \-s option may be used to exclude any direct solar component from the output, -with the rest of the sky and ground patch unaffected. -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. +with the other sky and ground patches unaffected. .PP The .I \-u @@ -113,7 +115,7 @@ 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 has any portion above the horizion. +weather tape where the sun has any portion above the horizon. Sun radiance values may be zero if the direct amount is zero on the input. Sun modifiers and names will be indexed by the minute, numbered from midnight, January 1st.