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- SUNPO is a Windows 3.x application which can provide position and
- (clear weather) sea level intensity data for the sun at virtually
- any location on the earth. It is distributes as shareware with a
- $ 7.50 registration fee.
-
- SUNPO132.EXE contains fixes for incorrect solar azimuth values for
- the southern hemisphere. The DOS version of SUNPO is not provided
- as part of SUNPO132.
-
- SUNPO version 1.31 includes several changes from previous versions.
- In brief, SUNPO now provides:
-
- A) Approximate sea level Visible, UV-A and UV-B intensity values as
- well as solae position angles.
- B) Direct data printing to the default Windows printer.
- C) Display of results in graphical form, with printing (and output
- scaling) to the the default Windows printer.
-
- But, execution requires a computer having at least 80287 cpu and and
- 80x87 math coprocessor (or its functional equivalent).
-
- Remarks:
-
- 1) A licensed commercial graphics server package has been introduced
- to handle display and printing of graphs. In particular, SUNPO version
- 1.31 uses the Graphics Server software published by Pinncale Publishing,
- Inc. However, only those files needed for execution are provided in this
- package.
-
- 2) Computations of approximate values for solar intensities at sea level
- have been added. Results are presented for visible wavelengths
- (0.38 - 0.7 um), the UV-A region (0.315 - 0.38 um) and the UV-B range
- (0.28 - 0.315 um). These data are obtained by interpolation across
- tables generated by a number of runs of the U.S. Air Force Geophysics
- Laboratory's program LOWTRAN 6C. Users may select one of five models of
- the atmosphere.
-
- 3) Printer setup must be done through the Windows Print Manager or some
- other application having similar printer setup capabilities.
-
- 4) The "clipboard" capable version of SUNPO has been deleted from the
- package.
-
- 5) A few major and some merely annoying bugs have been corrected.
-
-
- For additional information, please refer files READTHIS.NOW and
- SUNPO131.DOC, or contact A. Miller, PO Box 3512, Las Cruces, NM 88003.
-