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r.sunhours manual: fix broken example; clarify description

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Markus Neteler 8 years ago
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 <em>r.sunhours</em> calculates sun elevation and sun azimuth angles for
 <em>r.sunhours</em> calculates sun elevation and sun azimuth angles for
 the given time of day and each grid cell in the current region. 
 the given time of day and each grid cell in the current region. 
-Additionally, the photoperiod (sunshine hours) can be calculated.
+Additionally, the photoperiod (sunshine hours on flat terrain) can be
+calculated.
 
 
 <p>
 <p>
 Sun elevation, height, height angle, or solar altitude angle is the
 Sun elevation, height, height angle, or solar altitude angle is the
@@ -19,8 +20,12 @@ Greenwich standard time.
 <p>
 <p>
 If a <em>sunhour</em> output map is specified, the module calculates 
 If a <em>sunhour</em> output map is specified, the module calculates 
 sunshine hours for the given day. This option requires both Greenwhich 
 sunshine hours for the given day. This option requires both Greenwhich 
-standard time (<em>-t</em> flag) and the solpos algorithm of NREL 
-(<em>-s</em> flag).
+standard time and the use of the SOLPOS algorithm by NREL.
+
+<h2>NOTESS</h2>
+
+To consider also cast shadow effects of the terrain, <em>r.sun</em> is
+to be used.
 
 
 <h2>EXAMPLES</h2>
 <h2>EXAMPLES</h2>
 
 
@@ -47,10 +52,13 @@ d.legend sun_elev -s
 
 
 <h3>Calculate map of photoperiod (insolation time)</h3>
 <h3>Calculate map of photoperiod (insolation time)</h3>
 
 
-Calculate photoperiod of day of year 1 (1st January) 2012:
+Calculate photoperiod of day-of-year 001 (1st January) of 2012 for
+the current computational region, ignoring cast shadow effects of the
+terrain:
 
 
 <div class="code"><pre>
 <div class="code"><pre>
-r.sunhours -s sunhour=photoperiod_doy_001 year=2012 day=1
+g.region -p
+r.sunhours sunhour=photoperiod_doy_001 year=2012 day=1
 </pre></div>
 </pre></div>
 
 
 <h2>Acknowledgements</h2>
 <h2>Acknowledgements</h2>
@@ -62,7 +70,7 @@ algorithm.
 <em>
 <em>
 <a href="g.region.html">g.region</a>,
 <a href="g.region.html">g.region</a>,
 <a href="r.sun.html">r.sun</a>,
 <a href="r.sun.html">r.sun</a>,
-<a href="r.sunmask.html">r.sunmask</a>,
+<a href="r.sunmask.html">r.sunmask</a>
 </em>
 </em>
 
 
 <h2>AUTHOR</h2>
 <h2>AUTHOR</h2>