konrad.radiation.Radiation.__init__

Radiation.__init__(zenith_angle=42.05, bias=None)

Parameters

• zenith_angle (float) – Zenith angle of the sun. The default angle of 42.05 degree results in 409.6 W/m^2 solar insolation at the top of the atmosphere when used together with a solar constant of 551.58 W/m^2. This is a reasonable insolation for tropical latitudes. In this case, a surface enthalpy transport needs to included to prevent a runaway greenhouse. If a diurnal cycle is used in full konrad runs, this angle represents latitude.

• bias (dict-like) – A dict-like object that stores bias corrections for the diagnostic variable specified by its key, e.g. bias = {‘net_htngrt’: 2}.