<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hi everyone, first time here and it seems like a nice place!<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I will cut to the chase (that’s why I’m here) [should I make some kind of introduction of myself?], I’m having some issues with the angle of incidence calculated by the type16g.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I’m using a CSV file with some kind of TMY data for Uruguay developed here, where I have among other data, the hourly global incident radiation on horizontal and the hourly DNI. I’m using type9e to read the file and to pass it to the radiation processor. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Testing with a flat surface, the issue is that the angle of incidence drops to zero just as the radiation does, instead of increasing to 90º as it should…(i’m attaching at the end a graph capture).</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">If I disconnect the GHI from the reader on to the processor, and instead type as input for the processor a GHI of 1000 W/m2 the angle of incidence is OK (the radiation as expected isn’t). The DNI doesn’t seem to have an effect on the angle of incidence, only the GHI.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Has anyone encountered this issue before? </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">How can I deal with it?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanks for any response.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Best,</div><div class="">José María Roca</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><img apple-inline="yes" id="EB803310-E669-4460-AA08-80C8DAF2328C" height="651" width="1065" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:268AFB82-4D0C-4975-9231-1EA55D239921" class=""><img apple-inline="yes" id="2B586FBC-8FFE-42B4-B264-E7E4659DBFA5" height="635" width="1065" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:C7913F7D-6D38-43D3-BCCA-8C6600A9C034" class=""></div></div></body></html>