Garden with Insight v1.0 Help: Weather next day functions:
generate today's solar radiation This function generates solar
radiation for today. If the "simulated" option for solar
radiation is chosen: Today's solar radiation will be randomly
chosen from a normal distribution. The standard deviation for
the normal distribution is calculated from the maximum possible
radiation that could reach the earth's surface today for this
climate. The maximum possible radiation depends on the latitude
and the day of the year. The standard deviation is defined as
one-quarter of the difference between the maximum possible
radiation and the mean radiation (for today). A number is
randomly drawn from a normal distibution having the mean already
calculated for today and this standard deviation. The value is
then adjusted for autocorrelation using the autocorrelation
matrix. If the "always 10.0" option for solar radiation is
chosen: The solar radiation is set at ten MJ/m2 (megajoules per
square meter). If the "smoothed" option f