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2013 Dec 02
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Days to solstice calculation
...th #L = Latitude in Degrees #J = Day of the year (Julian) P <- asin(.39795*cos(.2163108 + 2*atan(.9671396*tan(.00860*(J-186))))) A <- sin(0.8333*pi/180)+sin(L*pi/180)*sin(P) B <- cos(L*pi/180)*cos(P) D <- 24 - (24/pi)* acos(A/B) return(D) } #Example today and here Daylength(2,39.7505) TillSolstice <- function(date,solstice){ Yr <- as.POSIXlt(date)$year+1900 a <- as.Date(paste(as.character(Yr),as.character(rep("-01-01", length(Yr))),sep = "")) b <- as.Date(paste(as.character(Yr),as.character(rep("-12-31", length(Yr))),sep = "")) Winter <-...