python-pysolar 0.6-1 / usr / lib / python2.7 / dist-packages / Pysolar / solar.py

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"""Solar geometry functions

This module contains the most important functions for calculation of the position of the sun.

"""
import math
import datetime
from . import constants
from . import julian
from . import radiation

#if __name__ == "__main__":
def SolarTest():
	latitude_deg = 42.364908
	longitude_deg = -71.112828
	d = datetime.datetime.utcnow()
	thirty_minutes = datetime.timedelta(hours = 0.5)
	for i in range(48):
		timestamp = d.ctime()
		altitude_deg = GetAltitude(latitude_deg, longitude_deg, d)
		azimuth_deg = GetAzimuth(latitude_deg, longitude_deg, d)
		power = radiation.GetRadiationDirect(d, altitude_deg)
		if (altitude_deg > 0):
			print(timestamp, "UTC", altitude_deg, azimuth_deg, power)
		d = d + thirty_minutes

def EquationOfTime(day):
	b = (2 * math.pi / 364.0) * (day - 81)
	return (9.87 * math.sin(2 *b)) - (7.53 * math.cos(b)) - (1.5 * math.sin(b))

def GetAberrationCorrection(radius_vector): 	# r is earth radius vector [astronomical units]
	return -20.4898/(3600.0 * radius_vector)

def GetAltitude(latitude_deg, longitude_deg, utc_datetime, elevation = 0, temperature_celsius = 25, pressure_millibars = 1013.25):
	'''See also the faster, but less accurate, GetAltitudeFast()'''
	# location-dependent calculations	
	projected_radial_distance = GetProjectedRadialDistance(elevation, latitude_deg)
	projected_axial_distance = GetProjectedAxialDistance(elevation, latitude_deg)

	# time-dependent calculations	
	jd = julian.GetJulianDay(utc_datetime)
	jde = julian.GetJulianEphemerisDay(jd, 65)
	jce = julian.GetJulianEphemerisCentury(jde)
	jme = julian.GetJulianEphemerisMillenium(jce)
	geocentric_latitude = GetGeocentricLatitude(jme)
	geocentric_longitude = GetGeocentricLongitude(jme)
	radius_vector = GetRadiusVector(jme)
	aberration_correction = GetAberrationCorrection(radius_vector)
	equatorial_horizontal_parallax = GetEquatorialHorizontalParallax(radius_vector)
	nutation = GetNutation(jde)
	apparent_sidereal_time = GetApparentSiderealTime(jd, jme, nutation)
	true_ecliptic_obliquity = GetTrueEclipticObliquity(jme, nutation)
	
	# calculations dependent on location and time
	apparent_sun_longitude = GetApparentSunLongitude(geocentric_longitude, nutation, aberration_correction)
	geocentric_sun_right_ascension = GetGeocentricSunRightAscension(apparent_sun_longitude, true_ecliptic_obliquity, geocentric_latitude)
	geocentric_sun_declination = GetGeocentricSunDeclination(apparent_sun_longitude, true_ecliptic_obliquity, geocentric_latitude)
	local_hour_angle = GetLocalHourAngle(apparent_sidereal_time, longitude_deg, geocentric_sun_right_ascension)
	parallax_sun_right_ascension = GetParallaxSunRightAscension(projected_radial_distance, equatorial_horizontal_parallax, local_hour_angle, geocentric_sun_declination)
	topocentric_local_hour_angle = GetTopocentricLocalHourAngle(local_hour_angle, parallax_sun_right_ascension)
	topocentric_sun_declination = GetTopocentricSunDeclination(geocentric_sun_declination, projected_axial_distance, equatorial_horizontal_parallax, parallax_sun_right_ascension, local_hour_angle)
	topocentric_elevation_angle = GetTopocentricElevationAngle(latitude_deg, topocentric_sun_declination, topocentric_local_hour_angle)
	refraction_correction = GetRefractionCorrection(pressure_millibars, temperature_celsius, topocentric_elevation_angle)
	return topocentric_elevation_angle + refraction_correction

def GetAltitudeFast(latitude_deg, longitude_deg, utc_datetime):

# expect 19 degrees for solar.GetAltitude(42.364908,-71.112828,datetime.datetime(2007, 2, 18, 20, 13, 1, 130320))

	day = GetDayOfYear(utc_datetime)
	declination_rad = math.radians(GetDeclination(day))
	latitude_rad = math.radians(latitude_deg)
	hour_angle = GetHourAngle(utc_datetime, longitude_deg)

	first_term = math.cos(latitude_rad) * math.cos(declination_rad) * math.cos(math.radians(hour_angle))
	second_term = math.sin(latitude_rad) * math.sin(declination_rad)
	return math.degrees(math.asin(first_term + second_term))

def GetApparentSiderealTime(julian_day, jme, nutation):
	return GetMeanSiderealTime(julian_day) + nutation['longitude'] * math.cos(GetTrueEclipticObliquity(jme, nutation))

def GetApparentSunLongitude(geocentric_longitude, nutation, ab_correction):
	return geocentric_longitude + nutation['longitude'] + ab_correction

def GetAzimuth(latitude_deg, longitude_deg, utc_datetime, elevation = 0):

	# location-dependent calculations	
	projected_radial_distance = GetProjectedRadialDistance(elevation, latitude_deg)
	projected_axial_distance = GetProjectedAxialDistance(elevation, latitude_deg)

	# time-dependent calculations	
	jd = julian.GetJulianDay(utc_datetime)
	jde = julian.GetJulianEphemerisDay(jd, 65)
	jce = julian.GetJulianEphemerisCentury(jde)
	jme = julian.GetJulianEphemerisMillenium(jce)
	geocentric_latitude = GetGeocentricLatitude(jme)
	geocentric_longitude = GetGeocentricLongitude(jme)
	radius_vector = GetRadiusVector(jme)
	aberration_correction = GetAberrationCorrection(radius_vector)
	equatorial_horizontal_parallax = GetEquatorialHorizontalParallax(radius_vector)
	nutation = GetNutation(jde)
	apparent_sidereal_time = GetApparentSiderealTime(jd, jme, nutation)
	true_ecliptic_obliquity = GetTrueEclipticObliquity(jme, nutation)
	
	# calculations dependent on location and time
	apparent_sun_longitude = GetApparentSunLongitude(geocentric_longitude, nutation, aberration_correction)
	geocentric_sun_right_ascension = GetGeocentricSunRightAscension(apparent_sun_longitude, true_ecliptic_obliquity, geocentric_latitude)
	geocentric_sun_declination = GetGeocentricSunDeclination(apparent_sun_longitude, true_ecliptic_obliquity, geocentric_latitude)
	local_hour_angle = GetLocalHourAngle(apparent_sidereal_time, longitude_deg, geocentric_sun_right_ascension)
	parallax_sun_right_ascension = GetParallaxSunRightAscension(projected_radial_distance, equatorial_horizontal_parallax, local_hour_angle, geocentric_sun_declination)
	topocentric_local_hour_angle = GetTopocentricLocalHourAngle(local_hour_angle, parallax_sun_right_ascension)
	topocentric_sun_declination = GetTopocentricSunDeclination(geocentric_sun_declination, projected_axial_distance, equatorial_horizontal_parallax, parallax_sun_right_ascension, local_hour_angle)
	return 180 - GetTopocentricAzimuthAngle(topocentric_local_hour_angle, latitude_deg, topocentric_sun_declination)

def GetAzimuthFast(latitude_deg, longitude_deg, utc_datetime):
# expect -50 degrees for solar.GetAzimuth(42.364908,-71.112828,datetime.datetime(2007, 2, 18, 20, 18, 0, 0))
	day = GetDayOfYear(utc_datetime)
	declination_rad = math.radians(GetDeclination(day))
	latitude_rad = math.radians(latitude_deg)
	hour_angle_rad = math.radians(GetHourAngle(utc_datetime, longitude_deg))
	altitude_rad = math.radians(GetAltitude(latitude_deg, longitude_deg, utc_datetime))

	azimuth_rad = math.asin(math.cos(declination_rad) * math.sin(hour_angle_rad) / math.cos(altitude_rad))

	if(math.cos(hour_angle_rad) >= (math.tan(declination_rad) / math.tan(latitude_rad))):
		return math.degrees(azimuth_rad)
	else:
		return (180 - math.degrees(azimuth_rad))

def GetCoefficient(jme, constant_array):
	return sum([constant_array[i-1][0] * math.cos(constant_array[i-1][1] + (constant_array[i-1][2] * jme)) for i in range(len(constant_array))])

def GetDayOfYear(utc_datetime):
	year_start = datetime.datetime(utc_datetime.year, 1, 1, tzinfo=utc_datetime.tzinfo)
	delta = (utc_datetime - year_start)
	return delta.days

def GetDeclination(day):
	'''The declination of the sun is the angle between
	Earth's equatorial plane and a line between the Earth and the sun.
	The declination of the sun varies between 23.45 degrees and -23.45 degrees,
	hitting zero on the equinoxes and peaking on the solstices.
	'''
	return 23.45 * math.sin((2 * math.pi / 365.0) * (day - 81))

def GetEquatorialHorizontalParallax(radius_vector):
	return 8.794 / (3600 / radius_vector)

def GetFlattenedLatitude(latitude):
	latitude_rad = math.radians(latitude)
	return math.degrees(math.atan(0.99664719 * math.tan(latitude_rad)))

# Geocentric functions calculate angles relative to the center of the earth.

def GetGeocentricLatitude(jme):
	return -1 * GetHeliocentricLatitude(jme)

def GetGeocentricLongitude(jme):
	return (GetHeliocentricLongitude(jme) + 180) % 360

def GetGeocentricSunDeclination(apparent_sun_longitude, true_ecliptic_obliquity, geocentric_latitude):
	apparent_sun_longitude_rad = math.radians(apparent_sun_longitude)
	true_ecliptic_obliquity_rad = math.radians(true_ecliptic_obliquity)
	geocentric_latitude_rad = math.radians(geocentric_latitude)

	a = math.sin(geocentric_latitude_rad) * math.cos(true_ecliptic_obliquity_rad)
	b = math.cos(geocentric_latitude_rad) * math.sin(true_ecliptic_obliquity_rad) * math.sin(apparent_sun_longitude_rad)
	delta = math.asin(a + b)
	return math.degrees(delta)

def GetGeocentricSunRightAscension(apparent_sun_longitude, true_ecliptic_obliquity, geocentric_latitude):
	apparent_sun_longitude_rad = math.radians(apparent_sun_longitude)
	true_ecliptic_obliquity_rad = math.radians(true_ecliptic_obliquity)
	geocentric_latitude_rad = math.radians(geocentric_latitude)

	a = math.sin(apparent_sun_longitude_rad) * math.cos(true_ecliptic_obliquity_rad)
	b = math.tan(geocentric_latitude_rad) * math.sin(true_ecliptic_obliquity_rad)
	c = math.cos(apparent_sun_longitude_rad)
	alpha = math.atan2((a - b),  c)
	return math.degrees(alpha) % 360

# Heliocentric functions calculate angles relative to the center of the sun.

def GetHeliocentricLatitude(jme):
	b0 = GetCoefficient(jme, constants.B0)
	b1 = GetCoefficient(jme, constants.B1)
	return math.degrees((b0 + (b1 * jme)) / 10 ** 8)

def GetHeliocentricLongitude(jme):
	l0 = GetCoefficient(jme, constants.L0)
	l1 = GetCoefficient(jme, constants.L1)
	l2 = GetCoefficient(jme, constants.L2)
	l3 = GetCoefficient(jme, constants.L3)
	l4 = GetCoefficient(jme, constants.L4)
	l5 = GetCoefficient(jme, constants.L5)

	l = (l0 + l1 * jme + l2 * jme ** 2 + l3 * jme ** 3 + l4 * jme ** 4 + l5 * jme ** 5) / 10 ** 8
	return math.degrees(l) % 360

def GetHourAngle(utc_datetime, longitude_deg):
	solar_time = GetSolarTime(longitude_deg, utc_datetime)
	return 15 * (12 - solar_time)

def GetIncidenceAngle(topocentric_zenith_angle, slope, slope_orientation, topocentric_azimuth_angle):
    tza_rad = math.radians(topocentric_zenith_angle)
    slope_rad = math.radians(slope)
    so_rad = math.radians(slope_orientation)
    taa_rad = math.radians(topocentric_azimuth_angle)
    return math.degrees(math.acos(math.cos(tza_rad) * math.cos(slope_rad) + math.sin(slope_rad) * math.sin(tza_rad) * math.cos(taa_rad - math.pi - so_rad)))

def GetLocalHourAngle(apparent_sidereal_time, longitude, geocentric_sun_right_ascension):
	return (apparent_sidereal_time + longitude - geocentric_sun_right_ascension) % 360

def GetMeanSiderealTime(julian_day):
	# This function doesn't agree with Andreas and Reda as well as it should. Works to ~5 sig figs in current unit test
	jc = julian.GetJulianCentury(julian_day)
	sidereal_time =  280.46061837 + (360.98564736629 * (julian_day - 2451545.0)) + (0.000387933 * jc ** 2) - (jc ** 3 / 38710000)
	return sidereal_time % 360

def GetNutationAberrationXY(jce, i, x):
	y = constants.aberration_sin_terms
	sigmaxy = 0.0
	for j in range(len(x)):
		sigmaxy += x[j] * y[i][j]
	return sigmaxy

def GetNutation(jde):
	abcd = constants.nutation_coefficients
	jce = julian.GetJulianEphemerisCentury(jde)
	nutation_long = []
	nutation_oblique = []
	x = PrecalculateAberrations(constants.buildPolyDict(), jce)

	for i in range(len(abcd)):
		sigmaxy = GetNutationAberrationXY(jce, i, x)
		nutation_long.append((abcd[i][0] + (abcd[i][1] * jce)) * math.sin(math.radians(sigmaxy)))
		nutation_oblique.append((abcd[i][2] + (abcd[i][3] * jce)) * math.cos(math.radians(sigmaxy)))

	# 36000000 scales from 0.0001 arcseconds to degrees
	nutation = {'longitude' : sum(nutation_long)/36000000.0, 'obliquity' : sum(nutation_oblique)/36000000.0}

	return nutation

def GetParallaxSunRightAscension(projected_radial_distance, equatorial_horizontal_parallax, local_hour_angle, geocentric_sun_declination):
	prd = projected_radial_distance
	ehp_rad = math.radians(equatorial_horizontal_parallax)
	lha_rad = math.radians(local_hour_angle)
	gsd_rad = math.radians(geocentric_sun_declination)
	a = -1 * prd * math.sin(ehp_rad) * math.sin(lha_rad)
	b =  math.cos(gsd_rad) - prd * math.sin(ehp_rad) * math.cos(lha_rad)
	parallax = math.atan2(a, b)
	return math.degrees(parallax)

def GetProjectedRadialDistance(elevation, latitude):
	flattened_latitude_rad = math.radians(GetFlattenedLatitude(latitude))
	latitude_rad = math.radians(latitude)
	return math.cos(flattened_latitude_rad) + (elevation * math.cos(latitude_rad) / constants.earth_radius)

def GetProjectedAxialDistance(elevation, latitude):
	flattened_latitude_rad = math.radians(GetFlattenedLatitude(latitude))
	latitude_rad = math.radians(latitude)
	return 0.99664719 * math.sin(flattened_latitude_rad) + (elevation * math.sin(latitude_rad) / constants.earth_radius)

def GetRadiusVector(jme):
	r0 = GetCoefficient(jme, constants.R0)
	r1 = GetCoefficient(jme, constants.R1)
	r2 = GetCoefficient(jme, constants.R2)
	r3 = GetCoefficient(jme, constants.R3)
	r4 = GetCoefficient(jme, constants.R4)

	return (r0 + r1 * jme + r2 * jme ** 2 + r3 * jme ** 3 + r4 * jme ** 4) / 10 ** 8

def GetRefractionCorrection(pressure_millibars, temperature_celsius, topocentric_elevation_angle):
    tea = topocentric_elevation_angle
    temperature_kelvin = temperature_celsius + 273.15
    a = pressure_millibars * 283.0 * 1.02
    b = 1010.0 * temperature_kelvin * 60.0 * math.tan(math.radians(tea + (10.3/(tea + 5.11))))
    return a / b

def GetSolarTime(longitude_deg, utc_datetime):
    day = GetDayOfYear(utc_datetime)
    return (((utc_datetime.hour * 60) + utc_datetime.minute + (4 * longitude_deg) + EquationOfTime(day))/60)

# Topocentric functions calculate angles relative to a location on the surface of the earth.

def GetTopocentricAzimuthAngle(topocentric_local_hour_angle, latitude, topocentric_sun_declination):
    """Measured eastward from north"""
    tlha_rad = math.radians(topocentric_local_hour_angle)
    latitude_rad = math.radians(latitude)
    tsd_rad = math.radians(topocentric_sun_declination)
    a = math.sin(tlha_rad)
    b = math.cos(tlha_rad) * math.sin(latitude_rad) - math.tan(tsd_rad) * math.cos(latitude_rad)
    return 180.0 + math.degrees(math.atan2(a, b)) % 360

def GetTopocentricElevationAngle(latitude, topocentric_sun_declination, topocentric_local_hour_angle):
    latitude_rad = math.radians(latitude)
    tsd_rad = math.radians(topocentric_sun_declination)
    tlha_rad = math.radians(topocentric_local_hour_angle)
    return math.degrees(math.asin((math.sin(latitude_rad) * math.sin(tsd_rad)) + math.cos(latitude_rad) * math.cos(tsd_rad) * math.cos(tlha_rad)))

def GetTopocentricLocalHourAngle(local_hour_angle, parallax_sun_right_ascension):
    return local_hour_angle - parallax_sun_right_ascension

def GetTopocentricSunDeclination(geocentric_sun_declination, projected_axial_distance, equatorial_horizontal_parallax, parallax_sun_right_ascension, local_hour_angle):
    gsd_rad = math.radians(geocentric_sun_declination)
    pad = projected_axial_distance
    ehp_rad = math.radians(equatorial_horizontal_parallax)
    psra_rad = math.radians(parallax_sun_right_ascension)
    lha_rad = math.radians(local_hour_angle)
    a = (math.sin(gsd_rad) - pad * math.sin(ehp_rad)) * math.cos(psra_rad)
    b = math.cos(gsd_rad) - (pad * math.sin(ehp_rad) * math.cos(lha_rad))
    return math.degrees(math.atan2(a, b))

def GetTopocentricSunRightAscension(projected_radial_distance, equatorial_horizontal_parallax, local_hour_angle,
        apparent_sun_longitude, true_ecliptic_obliquity, geocentric_latitude):
    gsd = GetGeocentricSunDeclination(apparent_sun_longitude, true_ecliptic_obliquity, geocentric_latitude)
    psra = GetParallaxSunRightAscension(projected_radial_distance, equatorial_horizontal_parallax, local_hour_angle, gsd)
    gsra = GetGeocentricSunRightAscension(apparent_sun_longitude, true_ecliptic_obliquity, geocentric_latitude)
    return psra + gsra

def GetTopocentricZenithAngle(latitude, topocentric_sun_declination, topocentric_local_hour_angle, pressure_millibars, temperature_celsius):
    tea = GetTopocentricElevationAngle(latitude, topocentric_sun_declination, topocentric_local_hour_angle)
    return 90 - tea - GetRefractionCorrection(pressure_millibars, temperature_celsius, tea)

def GetTrueEclipticObliquity(jme, nutation):
	u = jme/10.0
	mean_obliquity = 84381.448 - (4680.93 * u) - (1.55 * u ** 2) + (1999.25 * u ** 3) \
	- (51.38 * u ** 4) -(249.67 * u ** 5) - (39.05 * u ** 6) + (7.12 * u ** 7) \
	+ (27.87 * u ** 8) + (5.79 * u ** 9) + (2.45 * u ** 10)
	return (mean_obliquity / 3600.0) + nutation['obliquity']

def PrecalculateAberrations(p, jce):
	x = []
	# order of 5 x.append lines below is important
	x.append(p['MeanElongationOfMoon'](jce))
	x.append(p['MeanAnomalyOfSun'](jce))
	x.append(p['MeanAnomalyOfMoon'](jce))
	x.append(p['ArgumentOfLatitudeOfMoon'](jce))
	x.append(p['LongitudeOfAscendingNode'](jce))
	return x