Solar Intensity Variants | Data Provider Elements

Solar Intensity

Percent of the solar disc visible, along with lighting condition and name of obscuring central body.

Data Provider Variant: Vehicle

Available for these objects: Aircraft, GroundVehicle, LaunchVehicle, Missile, Satellite, Ship

Type: Time-varying data.

Availability: Reports | Graphs | Dynamic Displays | Strip Charts

Data Provider Elements

Name	Dimension	Type	Description
Time	Date	Real Number or Text	Time.
Intensity	Unitless	Real Number	The percentage of the solar disk not currently occulted.
Percent Shadow	Unitless	Real Number	The percentage of the solar disk which is currently occulted.
Current Condition	Unitless	Text	Eclipsing condition (Penumbra or Umbra or Sunlight) at the current time.
Obstruction	Unitless	Text	Name of the obstructing central body.
Solar Grazing Angle	Angle	Real Number or Text	The grazing angle between the apparent position of the sun and the central body ellipsoid for the vehicle's central body.
Solar Disk Half Angle	Angle	Real Number or Text	The angle between the apparent position of the sun and the limb of the sun.
Apparent Solar Range	Distance	Real Number	The range of the apparent sun position.