hamsci_psws.solar.add_terminator

hamsci_psws.solar.add_terminator(sTime, eTime, lat, lon, ax, color='0.7', alpha=0.3, xkey='UTC', resolution=datetime.timedelta(seconds=60), **kw_args)[source]

Shade the nighttime region on a time series plot.

Parameters

  • sTime (UTC start time of time series plot in datetime.datetime format) –

  • eTime (UTC end time of time series plot in datetime.datetime format) –

  • lat (latitude for solar terminator calculation) –

  • lon (longitude for solar terminator calculation) –

  • ax (matplotlib axis object to apply shading to.) –

  • color (color of nighttime shading) –

  • alpha (alpha of nighttime shading) –

  • kw_args (additional keywords passed to ax.axvspan) –