pvlib.location.Location.get_clearsky¶

Location.get_clearsky(times, model='ineichen', solar_position=None, dni_extra=None, **kwargs)[source]¶

Calculate the clear sky estimates of GHI, DNI, and/or DHI at this location.

Parameters:

times: DatetimeIndex
model: str, default ‘ineichen’: The clear sky model to use. Must be one of ‘ineichen’, ‘haurwitz’, ‘simplified_solis’.
solar_position : None or DataFrame, default None: DataFrame with columns ‘apparent_zenith’, ‘zenith’, ‘apparent_elevation’.
dni_extra: None or numeric, default None: If None, will be calculated from times.
kwargs passed to the relevant functions. Climatological values
are assumed in many cases. See source code for details!

Returns: