pvlib.location.Location.get_clearsky¶
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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
The clear sky model to use. Must be one of ‘ineichen’, ‘haurwitz’, ‘simplified_solis’.
solar_position : None or DataFrame
DataFrame with with columns ‘apparent_zenith’, ‘zenith’, ‘apparent_elevation’.
dni_extra: None or numeric
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: clearsky : DataFrame
Column names are:
ghi, dni, dhi
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