Solar Path Plot (Earth-Based Reference Frame)
Provides a user-friendly simulation of the positions of the Sun and solar panel as viewed from the Earth-based reference frame, at the given date, time and coordinates of the solar panel's location on Earth.
Acknowledgements
- Guidance from Ir. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Rodney Tan Hean Gay, UCSI University
- Sproul, Alistair B. “Derivation of the Solar Geometric Relationships Using Vector Analysis.”
Renewable Energy, vol. 32, no. 7, 2007, pp. 1187–1205., doi:10.1016/j.renene.2006.05.001.
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30 Jan. 1996, www.cv.nrao.edu/~rfisher/Ephemerides/times.html.
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12 Mar. 2002, www2.mps.mpg.de/homes/fraenz/systems/systems2art/node10.html.
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2018, au.mathworks.com/help/map/examples/plotting-a-3-d-dome-as-a-mesh-over-a-globe.html.
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Cite As
JY Wong (2024). Solar Path Plot (Earth-Based Reference Frame) (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/67573-solar-path-plot-earth-based-reference-frame), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .
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- Industries > Aerospace and Defense > CubeSat and Satellites >
- Sciences > Geoscience > Earth and Planetary Science >
- Engineering > Electrical and Computer Engineering > Solar >
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1.0.0.0 | Just added a extremely important note in the description I have previously missed out -- Acknowledgements! |