Solar Eclipse Monitoring for Technical Report

Solar Eclipse Monitoring for Solar Energy Applications Using the Solar and Moon Position Algorithms

Ibrahim Reda

Technical Report

NREL/TP-3B0-47681 March 2010

Solar Eclipse Monitoring for Solar Energy Applications Using the Solar and Moon Position Algorithms

Ibrahim Reda

Prepared under Task No. 3B10.3000

Technical Report

NREL/TP-3B0-47681 March 2010

National Renewable Energy Laboratory

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Acknowledgments

I would like to thank Bev Kay for typing all the data tables in the report into text files, which made them easy and timely to transport to the report text and to the software code. Thanks also to Daryl Myers for his technical expertise in solar radiation applications. I extend special appreciation to my wife, Mary Alice, and my daughter, Lenah, for their inspiration about the Moon's influence on romance, legends, and art. I also thank Henry Higaki, my center director, for providing the funds, his continuous support, and his trust in me and my abilities. Finally, many thanks to Leigh Ramsey for her help during the publishing process and Stefanie Woodward for her great effort in editing and formatting the text of this article.

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Acronyms

AA

Astronomical Almanac

AU

astronomical unit

JC

Julian century

JD

Julian day

JDE

Julian ephemeris day

JME

Julian ephemeris millennium

MPA

moon position algorithm

SAMPA

solar and moon position algorithm

SPA

solar position algorithm

SUL

Sun's unshaded lune

TAI

international atomic time

TDT

terrestrial dynamical time

TT

terrestrial time

UT

universal time

UTC

coordinated universal time

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