Facility/Place/Target: Lighting AER

Angle and range data describing the apparent position vector of the Sun relative to the selected object.

Type: Time-varying data

Availability: Reports | Graphs | Dynamic Displays | Strip Charts

Name Dimension Type Description
Time DateFormat Real Number Time.
Azimuth LongitudeUnit Real Number Dihedral angle between north vector and Sun vector about the detic nadir vector.
Elevation AngleUnit Real Number Angle between the Sun vector and the local horizontal plane.
Range DistanceUnit Real Number The range (i.e., distance between the primary and secondary object) at the given time.

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