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Sunlight and its Properties II EE 446/646 Y. Baghzouz Solar Time (ST) and Civil (clock) Time (CT) • There are two adjustments that need to be made in order to convert ST to CT: – The first is the Longitude adjustment (the world is divided into 24 1- hour time zones, each spanning 15o of longitude) • All clocks within a time zone are set to the same time • Each time zone is defined by a local time meridian located ideally in the middle of the zone (with the origin of this time system passing through Greenwich, UK at 0o longitude) • The longitude correction between local clock time and solar time is the time it takes for the sun to travel between the local time meridian and the observer’s line of longitude (4 minutes/degree) o – Example 1: San Francisco, CA (longitude 122 ) will have solar noon 8 minutes after the sun crosses the 120o local time meridian. o – Example 2: Las Vegas , NV (longitude 115 ) will have solar noon 20 minutes before the sun crosses the 120o local time meridian. o – Example 3: Fresno, CA (longitude 120 ) will have solar noon when the sun crosses the 120o local time meridian. Time Zones US Time Zones with Local Time Meridian 150 o 135o 120o o 90o o 105 75 West East Alaska Alaska Hawaii Solar Time (ST) and Civil (clock) Time (CT) • There are two adjust