jdate | ncep absolute date and time at fcst time (yr, mon, day, t-zone, hr, min, sec, mil-sec) |
kyear | usually kyear=jdate(1). if not, it is for hindcast mode, and it is usually the init cond time and serves as the upper limit of data can be used. |
deltsw | time duration in seconds per sw calculation |
deltim | timestep in seconds |
lsol_chg | logical flags for change solar constant |
me | print message control flag |
slag | equation of time in radians |
sdec,cdec | sin and cos of the solar declination angle |
solcon | sun-earth distance adjusted solar constant \((w/m^2)\) |