pvlib.atmosphere.absoluteairmass

pvlib.atmosphere.absoluteairmass(airmass_relative, pressure=101325.0)

Determine absolute (pressure corrected) airmass from relative airmass and pressure

Gives the airmass for locations not at sea-level (i.e. not at standard pressure). The input argument “AMrelative” is the relative airmass. The input argument “pressure” is the pressure (in Pascals) at the location of interest and must be greater than 0. The calculation for absolute airmass is

\[absolute airmass = (relative airmass)*pressure/101325\]

Parameters:

airmass_relative : scalar or Series

The airmass at sea-level.

pressure : scalar or Series

The site pressure in Pascal.

Returns:

scalar or Series

Absolute (pressure corrected) airmass

References

[1] C. Gueymard, “Critical analysis and performance assessment of clear sky solar irradiance models using theoretical and measured data,” Solar Energy, vol. 51, pp. 121-138, 1993.