--- ray/doc/man/man1/gendaymtx.1 2021/02/17 02:30:08 1.15 +++ ray/doc/man/man1/gendaymtx.1 2024/04/26 23:10:59 1.17 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" RCSid $Id: gendaymtx.1,v 1.15 2021/02/17 02:30:08 greg Exp $ +.\" RCSid $Id: gendaymtx.1,v 1.17 2024/04/26 23:10:59 greg Exp $ .TH GENDAYMTX 1 01/19/13 RADIANCE .SH NAME gendaymtx - generate an annual Perez sky matrix from a weather tape @@ -29,7 +29,9 @@ gendaymtx - generate an annual Perez sky matrix from a ][ .B "-o{f|d}" ][ -.B "-O{0|1}" +.B "\-O{0|1}" +][ +.B "\-i intvl" ] [ .B "tape.wea" @@ -81,6 +83,10 @@ 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, @@ -88,11 +94,7 @@ 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 @@ -153,6 +155,15 @@ or through .I xform(1) using a similar transform. +.PP +The +.I \-i +option specifies the actual capture interval in minutes of the original +weather data. +Please see the man page for +.I gendaylit +to understand this correction, which is applied only near sunrise and +sunset. .PP The .I \-of