Example #1
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/* Time of apparent solar noon of location on earth.
   t: Julian centuries since J2000.0
   lon: Longitude of location in degrees
   Return: Time difference from mean solar midnigth in minutes */
static double
time_of_solar_noon(double t, double lon)
{
	/* First pass uses approximate solar noon to
	   calculate equation of time. */
	double t_noon = jcent_from_jd(jd_from_jcent(t) - lon/360.0);
	double eq_time = equation_of_time(t_noon);
	double sol_noon = 720 - 4*lon - eq_time;

	/* Recalculate using new solar noon. */
	t_noon = jcent_from_jd(jd_from_jcent(t) - 0.5 + sol_noon/1440.0);
	eq_time = equation_of_time(t_noon);
	sol_noon = 720 - 4*lon - eq_time;

	/* No need to do more iterations */
	return sol_noon;
}
Example #2
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int main(){
time_t t;
struct tm calendar;
int e;

    calendar.tm_year = 2013 - 1900;
    calendar.tm_mon = 3;
    calendar.tm_mday = 15;
    calendar.tm_hour = 9;
    calendar.tm_min = 55;
    calendar.tm_sec = 0;
    t = mk_gmtime(&calendar);
    e = equation_of_time(&t);
    e = abs(e);
    if( e > 10 ) return (__LINE__);

    calendar.tm_mon = 5;
    calendar.tm_mday = 13;
    calendar.tm_hour = 2;
    calendar.tm_min = 40;
    t = mk_gmtime(&calendar);
    e = equation_of_time(&t);
    e = abs(e);
    if( e > 10 ) return (__LINE__);

    calendar.tm_mon = 8;
    calendar.tm_mday = 1;
    calendar.tm_hour = 6;
    calendar.tm_min = 21;
    t = mk_gmtime(&calendar);
    e = equation_of_time(&t);
    e = abs(e);
    if( e > 10 ) return (__LINE__);

    calendar.tm_mon = 11;
    calendar.tm_mday = 25;
    calendar.tm_hour = 5;
    calendar.tm_min = 14;
    t = mk_gmtime(&calendar);
    e = equation_of_time(&t);
    e = abs(e);
    if( e > 10 ) return (__LINE__);
    return 0;

}
Example #3
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/* Solar angular elevation at the given location and time.
   t: Julian centuries since J2000.0
   lat: Latitude of location
   lon: Longitude of location
   Return: Solar angular elevation in radians */
static double
solar_elevation_from_time(double t, double lat, double lon)
{
	/* Minutes from midnight */
	double jd = jd_from_jcent(t);
	double offset = (jd - round(jd) - 0.5)*1440.0;

	double eq_time = equation_of_time(t);
	double ha = RAD((720 - offset - eq_time)/4 - lon);
	double decl = solar_declination(t);
	return elevation_from_hour_angle(lat, decl, ha);
}
Example #4
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/* Time of given apparent solar angular elevation of location on earth.
   t: Julian centuries since J2000.0
   t_noon: Apparent solar noon in Julian centuries since J2000.0
   lat: Latitude of location in degrees
   lon: Longtitude of location in degrees
   elev: Solar angular elevation in radians
   Return: Time difference from mean solar midnight in minutes */
static double
time_of_solar_elevation(double t, double t_noon,
			double lat, double lon, double elev)
{
	/* First pass uses approximate sunrise to
	   calculate equation of time. */
	double eq_time = equation_of_time(t_noon);
	double sol_decl = solar_declination(t_noon);
	double ha = hour_angle_from_elevation(lat, sol_decl, elev);
	double sol_offset = 720 - 4*(lon + DEG(ha)) - eq_time;

	/* Recalculate using new sunrise. */
	double t_rise = jcent_from_jd(jd_from_jcent(t) + sol_offset/1440.0);
	eq_time = equation_of_time(t_rise);
	sol_decl = solar_declination(t_rise);
	ha = hour_angle_from_elevation(lat, sol_decl, elev);
	sol_offset = 720 - 4*(lon + DEG(ha)) - eq_time;

	/* No need to do more iterations */
	return sol_offset;
}
time_t
solar_noon(const time_t * timer)
{
	time_t          t;
	long            n;

	/* determine time of solar noon at the prime meridian */
	t = *timer % ONE_DAY;
	t = *timer - t;
	t += 43200L;
	t -= equation_of_time(timer);

	/* rotate to observers longitude */
	n = __longitude / 15L;
	t -= n;

	return t;

}
Example #6
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	/* compute mid-day (Dhuhr, Zawal) time */
	double compute_mid_day(double _t)
	{
		double t = equation_of_time(julian_date + _t);
		double z = fix_hour(12 - t);
		return z;
	}
Example #7
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double PrayerTimes::compute_mid_day(double _t)
{
    double t = equation_of_time(julian_date + _t);
    double z = TrigHelper::fix_hour(12 - t);
    return z;
}
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{ 
  struct bildinfo geoinfo;        /* alles zum Bildbearbeiten aus dem Header*/ 
  struct bildattribut{
      char name[128];          /* Struktur, um fuer jedes Bild die geo-  */
      int doy;                 /* zu verarbeiten                         */
      double time;
      double gamma; 
      double f;
      double dec;
      double EOT;
      double lon_sun;  
      unsigned char headline[HDL];  /* Recordlaenge fuer "echte" Groesse    */ 
      short int **imagedata;  /* matrix; msg data are assigned to imagedata */
      byte **Bimagedata; /* Matrix, mfg data are assigned to Bimagedata */
  };
  struct bildattribut bildfolge[BILDANZ]; /* Zahl der Listenelemente: Monat = BILDANZ */

  int rho_max=0;           /* maximale Reflektivitaet bei Met-8 Bildern   */
                             /* Cosinuskorrektur                            */
  double GMT;                /* Abscannzeitpunkt                            */
  int quiet=0;               /* Bildschirminformationen ?                   */
  int accm;                  /* parameter for MFG GMT calculation           */
  int lin, col;              /* Zaehlvariablen fuer Zeile und Spalte        */
  int n=0;                   /* Anzahl der verarbeiteten  Bilder            */
  int decide;                /* ausserhalb der Erde oder nicht              */
  double lat,lon;            /* latitude and longitude in radians !         */
  double corr;               /* normalisierte Radianz                       */
  double coszen;             /* Cosinus des Zenitwinkels                    */
  /* ---> SELFCALIBRATION: declarations */
  /* RM May 2008: added file pointer frhomax,fstatrho */
  FILE *out_image,*list,*f,*frhomax,*fstatrho;
  /* RM May 2008: fper and kend1 is needed for the caclulation of the percentile */
  short int *fper = NULL;  
  int kend1=0;
  /* RM May 2008: added averaged angles used for the caclculation of the scatter angle scata */
  float msza=0;  /* average of the solar zenith angle over time and space within the calibration region */
  float mazi=0;  /* average of the solar azimuth angle over time and space within the calibration region */
  float msatazi=0; /* average of the sat azimuth angle .... */
  float msatzen=0; /* average of the satellite zenith angle */
  float scata=0;   /* the mean scattering angle */
  double satazi, satzen;     /* geometry of MSG, satellite zenith and azimuth  */
  float r2d=180.0/3.1416;
  float esd;      /* variable for the geometric correction of rho_max */
  float dpos=0.0; /* dpos is the position of Meteosat relativ to lon=0, West is negative, East positive */
  /* <--- SELFCALIBRATION declarations */

                              /* Dateinamen von Bildern                      */ 
  char out_imagefile[160],groundpathname[128],
       cloudpathname[128],bild[128],bildpathname[128];            
  short int **out;           /* Matrix fuer die Ausgabewerte       	    */
  short int reflectivity_vector[BILDANZ]; 
  short int min, hour;

  char *cp;                         /* temporaere Werte                     */
  char zeitname[4];                 /* temporaerer ASCII-String der Zeit    */
         
  long zahl,anzahl;
  double cloudindex ;
  double db_hours_per_line; /* added in order to caclulate the timeoffset */
  char *channel="MFGVIS"; /* added, currently hard wired, shoul be provided via heliosat call once the thermal irradiance is
			included */
  short int MFG=1; /* added, currently hard wired, should be provided via heliosat call, once the routine is successfully tested for 
                   MFG and MSG !! */
  int i,k,laenge;
  char quite='\0';
  short int sig_ground, sig_shadow=0; /* width of distribution of cloudfree pixels 
                                        and shaded pixels */
  /* sig_shadow is zero, the shadow module will not be used, it is too slow and probably not needed if 
  the fuzzy logic Heliosat version is used*/

  short int(temp);
  float doffset=0; /* the dark/space offset of the instrument */

  slope=(BYTE_MAX-BYTE_MIN)/(CLOUDI_MAX-CLOUDI_MIN);
  y_intercept=BYTE_MAX-CLOUDI_MAX*slope;                   /* DEFINE */
  *out_imagefile = '\0';
  for(i = 0;i <= BILDANZ;i++){*bildfolge[i].name = '\0';}
  

/*** optionale Argumente von der command line lesen... ***/

  if (argc<4)             /* wenn nicht mindestens zwei opt.Parameter.. */
    exit_print_usage();   /* .. dann schliesse das Programm */

  for (i=1; i<argc; i++)  /* fuer alle Argumente..                          */
  {
    cp=argv[i];
    if (*cp!='-' && *cp!='/') /* pruefe ob Argument mit '-' oder '/' beginnt */
    {
      fprintf(stderr,"bodenalbedo: no option specified (%s)\n",cp);
      exit_print_usage();
    }
    cp++;
    if (*(cp+1))            /* pruefe ob an uebernaechster Stelle ein Blank  */
    {
      fprintf(stderr,"bodenalbedo: missing blank. Usage: -%c <arg>\n",*cp);
      exit(1);
    }
    *cp=(char) tolower((int) *cp); /* es wird nicht zwischen Klein- und      *
				    * Grossschreibung unterschieden          */

    if (*cp=='l') list=fopen(argv[++i],"rt");
    else if (*cp=='b') strcpy(bildpathname,argv[++i]);
    else if (*cp=='c') strcpy(cloudpathname,argv[++i]);
    else if (*cp=='g') strcpy(groundpathname,argv[++i]);
    /* ---> SELFCALIBRATION dpos instead of sig_ground !!! */
    else if (*cp=='s') dpos=atof(argv[++i]); /*dpos instead of sig_ground, see  program header for details */
    else if (*cp=='z') MFG=atoi(argv[++i]); 
    /* MFG instead of sig_shadow MFG=1: MFG data expected MFG=0: MSG data */ 
    else if (*cp=='q') quite='q';
    else {
      fprintf(stderr,"bodenalbedo: unknown option: %s\n",cp);
      exit_print_usage();
    }
  }
  if (dpos != 0.0) 
  {printf("Meteosat position not at longitude=0 ! Please check -s in the heliosat call & set it to 0 if Met is at lon=0 \n");}

  if(MFG==1)
  {printf("assume MFG image data as input !! \n please check if you realy use MFG: -z has to be 0 for MSG \n");}
  else{
      printf("assume MSG image data as input !! \n please check if you realy use MSG: -z has to be 1 for MFG \n");
  }


 /* oeffnen aller Dateien, die in Liste stehen, Header auswerten, Matrizen zuweisen */
 zahl=0;
 while(!feof(list) && anzahl < BILDANZ )
       /* CaP - inserting the limit of BILDANZ to avoid coredumps*/
       /* ||  anzahl < BILDANZ )        */
 { 
   anzahl=zahl;
   fscanf(list,"%s\r",bildfolge[anzahl].name);
   strcpy(bild,bildpathname);
   strcat(bild,"/");
   strcat(bild,bildfolge[anzahl].name);
   
   if(!quite)printf("%d %s\n",anzahl,bild);
   
   read_xpif_header(HDL,bild,&bildfolge[anzahl].headline[0]); /* store header for output XPIF-images */
   
   
    if(HDL==256)
    {
     bildfolge[anzahl].headline[11]=(unsigned char) 0;          /* no additional headers wanted !      */
    }
    if (MFG==1)
    { 
      bildfolge[anzahl].Bimagedata=read_xpif_to_Bmatrix(HDL,bild,&geoinfo);
      bildfolge[anzahl].imagedata=smatrix(0,geoinfo.nrlines-1,0,geoinfo.nrcolumns-1);
      /* RM 17.07.09: dark offset and snanning time is different for MFG and MSG */
      db_hours_per_line=(25./geoinfo.nrlines/60.);
      doffset=4.5*4;
      for (lin = 0;lin < geoinfo.nrlines;lin++) {  /* change type and rotate the image, afterwards free bmatrix */
	  for(col = 0;col < geoinfo.nrcolumns;col++){ 
	      /* temp=(short int)bildfolge[anzahl].Bimagedata[geoinfo.nrlines-lin-1][geoinfo.nrcolumns-col-1]; */
	      /* correct if old openMTP converter is used */
	  bildfolge[anzahl].imagedata[lin][col]=4*(short int)bildfolge[anzahl].Bimagedata[geoinfo.nrlines-lin-1][geoinfo.nrcolumns-col-1]; 
	  /* correct if new openMTP to XPIF converter is used */
          /* bildfolge[anzahl].imagedata[lin][col]=4*(short int)bildfolge[anzahl].Bimagedata[lin][col]; */

	  /* multiplication with factor 4 needed in order to have only one BYTE MAX definition */  
           /* (short int)bildfolge[anzahl].Bimagedata[lin][col]; */
	      /* (short int)bildfolge[anzahl].Bimagedata[geoinfo.nrlines-lin-1][geoinfo.nrcolumns-col-1]; */
            /*       printf("i,j,temp= %d %d %d",lin, col, temp); */
	  }
      }
      free_bmatrix(bildfolge[anzahl].Bimagedata,0,geoinfo.nrlines-1,0,geoinfo.nrcolumns-1); 
	/* bildfolge[anzahl].Bimagedata=read_xpif_to_Bmatrix(HDL,bild,&geoinfo); */ 
    } 
    else{
	bildfolge[anzahl].imagedata=read_xpif_to_matrix(HDL,bild,&geoinfo);
	db_hours_per_line=(12./geoinfo.nrlines/60.);
	doffset=51;
    }
    printf("Iam here 1 %d %d \n",geoinfo.nrlines, geoinfo.nrcolumns); 
    bildfolge[anzahl].doy=geoinfo.doy;
    hour=geoinfo.aq_time /100;
    min=fmod(geoinfo.aq_time,100);
    bildfolge[anzahl].time=hour+min/60.0;
    bildfolge[anzahl].EOT=equation_of_time(bildfolge[anzahl].doy,&bildfolge[anzahl].gamma,&bildfolge[anzahl].f,&bildfolge[anzahl].dec);
    zahl++; 
  } 
 n=anzahl;    
 printf ("n= %d \n",n);
 /*  printf("doy is %04d %04d \n",geoinfo.doy, geoinfo.aq_time );   
    printf("nrs is %d %d %d %d \n",geoinfo.nrlines,geoinfo.nrcolbig,geoinfo.nrcolumns, geoinfo.nrlines );
    printf("nrs is %d %d %d %d \n",geoinfo.line_off,geoinfo.col_off,geoinfo.nav_lres, geoinfo.nav_cres );  */
  
 /* orig out=smatrix(0,geoinfo.nrlines-1,0,geoinfo.nrcolbig-1); RM 24.02->*/
  out=smatrix(0,geoinfo.nrlines-1,0,geoinfo.nrcolumns-1);
 
 /***  Normalize images   ---------------------------------------- ***/
 
 /* allocate memory for fper 42610*/
/* fper = malloc(45000 * (n+1) * sizeof(short int));
 if(fper == NULL)
 {
     fprintf(stderr, "not enough memory for array fper, needed for automatic calibration \n");
     exit;
     } */
  /* CaP - allocating only 2 bytes for now. Using realloc later in the loop below (line 719).
The former memory allocation (previous line) causes severe memory errors and 
program crashes */
 
  /* --> SELFCALIBRATION: initial allocation of field needed for the percentiles */
  fper = malloc(sizeof(short int));
  /* <-- */
  printf("Iam here 2 \n");
  accm=0;
 for (lin = 0;lin < geoinfo.nrlines;lin++)   /* fuer alle Zeilen */
 { 
/* 12.10.09 included new lines for the calculation of GMT. Now MFG and MSg can be processed */
 /* old, orig for MSG GMT=bildfolge[anzahl].time+timeoffset(geoinfo.nav_lres,geoinfo.line_off,lin,15); */
     /* GMT : Abscannzeitpunkt dieser Zeile bestimmen */
      /* 17.07.09 fixed GMT bug, accm needed to consider that two subsequent lines are scanned in || */
     accm=accm+abs((lin-1)%2); 
     GMT=bildfolge[anzahl].time+(double)lin*db_hours_per_line; 
     /* printf("now here vv \n");*/
    if ((strcmp(channel,"MFGVIS")==0) && MFG==1)
     {  /* CaP 29.04.2009 - in the vis imagery adjacent lines are scanned in couples */
	 GMT=bildfolge[anzahl].time+(double)(accm-1)*db_hours_per_line;
	 /*  printf("GMT,accm= %f %d \n",GMT ,accm); */
     }
     /* orig  GMT=bildfolge[anzahl].time+timeoffset(geoinfo.nav_lres,geoinfo.line_off,lin,15); */  
     /* GMT=bildfolge[anzahl].time+timeoffset(geoinfo.nav_lres,geoinfo.line_off,lin,15);  */

     for (k = 0 ;k <= n;k++)  /* fuer alle Bilder */
     {
	 /* fuer Abscannzeit dieser Zeile und jeden Tag den Sonnenstand bestimmen */
	 bildfolge[k].lon_sun=(12.0-GMT-(bildfolge[k].EOT/60.0))*15*(PI/180.0);
     }
     /* printf("ere re re %d \n",k); */
     for(col = 0;col < geoinfo.nrcolumns;col++)  /* fuer alle Spalten */
     { 
         if(MFG==1){
	     decide=geoloc(lin,col,geoinfo.nrlines,&lat,&lon);
         }
         else{
	decide=geomsg(geoinfo.nav_cres,geoinfo.nav_lres,geoinfo.col_off,geoinfo.line_off,lin,col,&lat,&lon);
	 }
         /* if (decide == 0){
         printf("the geoloc i,j,lat,lon %d %d %f %f \n", lin, col,lat*180/pi,lon*180/pi);
         } */
	     /* orig decide=geomsg(geoinfo.nav_cres,geoinfo.nav_lres,geoinfo.col_off,geoinfo.line_off,lin,col,&lat,&lon); */

	 /* ---> SELFCALIBRATION: calculation of additional angles */
         /* RM Jul 2008: added equations for the calculation of satellite zenith and azimuth 
		  !! it is assumed that the satellite is at lat=lon=0
		  h=42164.0 height of geostationary Satellite */
	 satazi = atan(sin(lon-dpos/r2d)/tan(lat)); /* rm 072008 modified formular, covers all positions of Meteosat now */
	 /* old satzen = fabs(atan(sin(lat) * h/(cos(lat) * h - R_E))); */
    satzen=90/r2d-atan((cos(dpos/r2d-lon)*cos(lat)-0.1512)/sqrt(1-pow(cos(dpos/r2d-lon),2)*pow(cos(lat),2)));     /* <--- SELFCALIBRATION: calculation of additional angles */         
	 if (decide==0)
	 {
	     for(k = 0 ;k <= n;k++)  /* fuer alle Bilder */
	     {
		 corr=0;
		 coszen=cos_zenit(lat,lon,bildfolge[k].dec,bildfolge[k].lon_sun);
		 if(coszen>0.02)
		     corr = (int)((bildfolge[k].imagedata[lin][col]-doffset)/coszen); /* orig 51 instead of doffset */
		 corr = mini(corr,BYTE_MAX);
		 corr = maxi(corr,BYTE_MIN); 
		 bildfolge[k].imagedata[lin][col] = corr;
		 /* RM 20.11.07:  automatic calculation of rho_max starts, sort vector content according 
		    to the value, in ascending order using heapsort, Numerical Recipies in C 
		    the 95 percentil * 1.1 is than the desired rhomax value */
		 /* ---> SELFCALIBRATION: Calculate the percentile and additional angles
                         needed for the calculation of the scatter angle */
	  if(lat > -0.92 && lat < -0.8 && lon  < (-0.01 + dpos/r2d) && lon > (-0.262+dpos/r2d)) /* -0.436*/     
		/* RM 072008: added +dpos in order to shift the reference region for Meteosat-East
		dpos=position of Meteosat relative to lon=0 in degree, west is negative */  
               {
		
		fper[kend1]=(short int)bildfolge[k].imagedata[lin][col]; /* assign values within region to fper */
		kend1=kend1+1;
		/* calculate the mean angles as basis for the caclulation of the scatter angle, 
		   needed for the geometric correction of rhomax */
		fper = realloc(fper,(kend1+1)*sizeof(short int));
		msza=((kend1-1)*msza+acos(coszen))/kend1; 
		mazi=((kend1-1)*mazi+azimuth(lat,lon,bildfolge[k].dec,acos(coszen),bildfolge[k].lon_sun))/kend1;
		msatazi=((kend1-1)*msatazi+satazi)/kend1;
		msatzen=((kend1-1)*msatzen+satzen)/kend1;
	        }
            /* <--- end of SELFCALIBRATION: Calculate the percentile and additional angles
                         needed for the calculation of the scatter angle */
	     }
	 }
         if (decide==1){
	     out[lin][col] = (int) 0;
	     for(k=1;k<=n;k++){
		 /*  if(geoinfo.nrlines<200){doffset=doffset+ bildfolge[15].imagedata[lin][col];} */
		     bildfolge[k].imagedata[lin][col] = 0;
	     }
	 }
     }
 }
 printf("doffset= %f \n", doffset);
 printf("now I am here \n"); 

 /* ---> SELFCALIBRATION: sorting the fper field and assignment of the percentiles */
 heapsort(kend1, fper); /* order the counts */
 int p1=(int)(0.1*(kend1+1));
 int p3=(int)(0.3*(kend1+1));
 int p5=(int)(0.5*(kend1+1));
 int p7=(int)(0.7*(kend1+1));
 int p8=(int)(0.8*(kend1+1));
 int p9=(int)(0.9*(kend1+1));
 int pm=(int)(0.95*(kend1+1));
 /* <--- SELFCALIBRATION: sorting the fper field and assignment of the percentiles */
 /* ---> SELFCALIBRATION: empirical correction of anisotropy for rho_max */
 /* RM 28.05.08 empirical correction for scatter angle effect, so far formula only proven for 3 - 33 degree,
    RM 30.07.08 implemented new formula, correction works from 3-70 degree (scata), but probably only for 
             the reference regions and not everywhere, above scattering angle of 32 the uncertainty of
             the geometric corrections is significnat higher */
 scata=scatt_angle(msza, mazi, msatzen, msatazi);
 /* added new correction for rho_max, seems that the dominant effect comes from the
   sza dependent change of the cloud albedo, the clouds seems to reflect pretty well
   isotropic for a given SZA and rel AZA lower than 60 degree
   the correction formula results from a linear fit (gnuplot) applied to a 
   2.5 year time series for all slots with SZA>60 */
   if (msza*r2d > 80.0 && msza*r2d <0.0) esd=1.0;  /* gcor =1 for SZA>80 and <0*/
   else
   {esd=1+0.0017*(45.0-msza*r2d); }

 /* <--- SELFCALIBRATION: empirical correction of anisotropic cloud reflection for rho_max */
 /* ---> SELFCALIBRATION: Open and write the output files for information  related to  the 
         self calibration approach */
  fstatrho=fopen("rhostat.out","a") ;
 fprintf(fstatrho, "# kend1= %d doy= %d hour= %d min = %d \n",kend1,geoinfo.doy, hour,min);
 fprintf(fstatrho, " gcor= %f msza= %f mazi= %f satazi= %f satzen= %f scattangle= %f rhomax %f pm= %d \n", esd, msza*r2d, (mazi)*r2d, msatazi*r2d, msatzen*r2d, scata*r2d, fper[pm]*esd*1.1, fper[pm]);
 fprintf(fstatrho, "# ESD= %f rho(10,30,50,70,80,90,95)= %d  %d %d %d %d %d  %d rhomax %f \n",esd,fper[p1],fper[p3],fper[p5],fper[p7], fper[p8],fper[p9],fper[pm], fper[pm]*esd*1.1);
   if (hour==13 && min==0)
   {
       frhomax=fopen("rhomax.out","w");  /* RM 072008 changed r+ to w, r+ does not work properly on my machine */
       rho_max=fper[pm]*esd*1.1;
       fprintf(frhomax, "%d \n", rho_max);
       fprintf(fstatrho,"## The noon rho_may is %d \n",rho_max );
       fclose(frhomax); 
   }
   else
   {
       /* if((frhomax=fopen("rhomax.out","r")) == NULL) */
       if(file_exists("rhomax.out")) 
       {
           frhomax=fopen("rhomax.out","r");
	   fscanf(frhomax, "%d", &rho_max);	   
	   fprintf(fstatrho,"# Use noon rhomax from rhomax.out %d \n",rho_max );
	   printf("Use noon rhomax from rhomax,out %d \n",rho_max );
	   fclose(frhomax); 
       }
       else
       {
	   fprintf(fstatrho,"# WARNING Cannot open rhomax file, hence instead of the noon rhomax that of the actual slot is used,which might lead to higher uncertainty.\n");
	   rho_max=(int)fper[pm]*esd*1.1;
	   fprintf(fstatrho,"# Use rhomax of actual slot %d \n",rho_max );
	   /*fclose(frhomax);*/
       }  
   }
   sig_ground=(short int)(0.035 * rho_max);
   fprintf(fstatrho,"#  sig_ground =%d \n \n",sig_ground );
   fclose(fstatrho);
   free(fper);
   /* <--- SELFCALIBRATION: Open and write the output files for information  related to  the 
      self calibration approach */  
   printf("Finished normalizing images and automatic calibration \n");
 /*
  *  Grundalbedo and Cloud Index  ----------------------------------------
  */

 for (lin = 0;lin < geoinfo.nrlines;lin++)   /* fuer alle Pixel (Zeilen ... */
 {
   for(col = 0; col < geoinfo.nrcolumns; col++)  /* ... und Spalten)            */
   { 
     for(k = 0; k<=n; k++)
     {
       /* copy all values to a vector, from these values ground albedo will de determined 
          reflectivity_vector contains all reflectivity values for one location */
        reflectivity_vector[k]=bildfolge[k].imagedata[lin][col]/bildfolge[k].f;
	/* /f correct for earth sun-distance **/
     } 
	 /* calculation of ground albedo: 
	    out[lin][col]contains ground albedo
	    reflectivity_vector contains cloud index values */
     out[lin][col]=groundreflectivity_and_cloudindex(&reflectivity_vector[0], n, sig_ground, sig_shadow, rho_max);
     for(k = 0; k<=n; k++)
     { 
       /* copy all cloud index values from vector back to matrix */
       bildfolge[k].imagedata[lin][col]=reflectivity_vector[k];

     }   
   }
  }
 
/***********************************************************************
  *  Ausgeben aller Bilder und Freisetzung des Speicherplatzes...
 ***********************************************************************/ 
  
  /* Bodenalbedonamen zusammensetzen  */
  /* RM changed the naming of the reflectance files, mothly means for every slot are calculated and has to be saved,
     with the old naming they are  overriden */ 
     strcpy(out_imagefile,groundpathname);
     strcat(out_imagefile,"/");
     sprintf(zeitname,"%04d",geoinfo.aq_time);
     strncat(out_imagefile,bildfolge[1].name,6); /* added string for year and month */
     /*strncat(out_imagefile,zeitname,4);*/
     strcat(out_imagefile,zeitname);
     /* printf("out_imagefile = %s bildfolge.name= %s\n",out_imagefile, bildfolge[1].name); */ 
     if(HDL==256)strcat(out_imagefile,"hhmm.REF"); 
     if(HDL==260)strcat(out_imagefile,"hhmm.REF.X260"); 
  /* Grundalbedo speichern */
     
   printf("nrbytes= %d",geoinfo.nrbytes) ;
  if (!(out_image=fopen(out_imagefile,"wb"))) 
     exit_no_write(out_imagefile);
    
  if (MFG==1) 
  {geoinfo.nrbytes=geoinfo.nrbytes*2;}   /* dangerous, only for testing */

   fwrite(&bildfolge[1].headline[0],HDL,1,out_image);    

   /* orig fwrite(&out[0][0],geoinfo.nrcolbig*geoinfo.nrlines*(long)geoinfo.nrbytes,1,out_image);  
   fclose(out_image);
   free_smatrix(out,0,geoinfo.nrlines-1,0,geoinfo.nrcolbig-1); */
   fwrite(&out[0][0],geoinfo.nrcolumns*geoinfo.nrlines*(long)geoinfo.nrbytes,1,out_image);  
   fclose(out_image);
   free_smatrix(out,0,geoinfo.nrlines-1,0,geoinfo.nrcolumns-1);
  
  for(k=0;k<=n;k++)             
  {  
     strcpy(out_imagefile,cloudpathname);
     strcat(out_imagefile,"/");
     strncat(out_imagefile,bildfolge[k].name,strlen(bildfolge[k].name)-4);
     if(HDL==256)strcat(out_imagefile,"CI.XPIF");
     if(HDL==260)strcat(out_imagefile,"CI.X260"); 
     if (!(out_image=fopen(out_imagefile,"wb"))) 
         exit_no_write(out_imagefile);
     fwrite(&bildfolge[k].headline[0],HDL,1,out_image);   
     /*  orig
	 fwrite(&bildfolge[k].imagedata[0][0],geoinfo.nrcolbig*geoinfo.nrlines*(long)geoinfo.nrbytes,1,out_image);  */
   
     /* memcpy(void *dest, const void *src, size_t n);*/
     bildfolge[k].Bimagedata=bmatrix(0,geoinfo.nrlines-1,0,geoinfo.nrcolumns-1);
     for (lin = 0;lin < geoinfo.nrlines;lin++) {  
	 for(col = 0;col < geoinfo.nrcolumns;col++){ 
	     bildfolge[k].Bimagedata[lin][col]=(byte)(bildfolge[k].imagedata[lin][col]/4);
	 }
     }
	 fwrite(&bildfolge[k].Bimagedata[0][0],geoinfo.nrcolumns*geoinfo.nrlines,1,out_image);
	 free_bmatrix(bildfolge[k].Bimagedata,0,geoinfo.nrlines-1,0,geoinfo.nrcolumns-1);
	 fclose(out_image);
	 free_smatrix(bildfolge[k].imagedata,0,geoinfo.nrlines-1,0,geoinfo.nrcolumns-1); /* orig geoinfo.nrcolbig-1 */
  }

  return(0);
}