Hi, If I understand correctly, the time zone information in the station files for METRo is used to generate the sunrise/sunset times for the idealized hourly solar flux at the site. If so, then
1) Is this needed only when cloud cover is used in the weather forecast (ie; is time zone ignored when solar radiation is supplied in the weather forecasts directly)? 2) Couldn't you also calculate the sunrise/sunset using latitude longitude information which is also provided in the station file? (Actually, wouldn't this be more accurate since lat/lon is more precise and time zones cover broad areas?) We are concerned that it might be complicated locating METRo in some areas due to time zone peculiarities (even in the US!). Thanks in advance for your comments. -jim -- Jim Cowie NCAR/RAL [email protected] 303-497-2831 _______________________________________________ METRo-developers mailing list [email protected] https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/metro-developers
