This function estimates the effective radiant temperature of the sky (K) using either the Brunt or Swinbank formulations (Gates 1980) .

T_sky(T_a, formula)

Arguments

T_a

numeric ambient air temperature (K)

formula

character Formula to use, current choices are: "Brunt", "Swinbank".

Value

numeric T_sky (K).

References

Gates DM (1980). Biophysical Ecology. Springer-Verlag, New York, NY, USA.

Examples

  T_sky(T_a=293, formula="Swinbank")
#> [1] 339.0856