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, 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: - clearsky : DataFrame
Column names are:
ghi, dni, dhi
.