--- ray/doc/man/man1/gendaymtx.1 2014/05/30 00:00:54 1.6 +++ ray/doc/man/man1/gendaymtx.1 2019/06/25 00:09:45 1.10 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" RCSid $Id: gendaymtx.1,v 1.6 2014/05/30 00:00:54 greg Exp $ +.\" RCSid $Id: gendaymtx.1,v 1.10 2019/06/25 00:09:45 greg Exp $ .TH GENDAYMTX 1 01/19/13 RADIANCE .SH NAME gendaymtx - generate an annual Perez sky matrix from a weather tape @@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ gendaymtx - generate an annual Perez sky matrix from a ][ .B "\-h" ][ +.B "\-A" +][ .B "\-d|\-s" ][ .B "\-r deg" @@ -53,9 +55,17 @@ Thus, an hourly weather tape for an entire year would yield 8760x3 (26280) values per output line (row). .PP The +.I \-A +option tells +.I gendaymtx +to generate a single column corresponding to an average sky +computed over all the input time steps, rather than one +column per time step. +.PP +The .I \-c option may be used to specify a color for the sky. -The gray value should equal 1 for proper energy balance +The gray value should equal 1 for proper energy balance. The default sky color is .I "\-c 0.960 1.004 1.118". Similarly, the @@ -67,10 +77,16 @@ corresponding to a 20% gray. .PP The .I \-d -option may be used to produce a sun-only matrix, with no sky contributions. +option may be used to produce a sun-only matrix, with no sky contributions, +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. +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. .PP By default, .I gendaymtx