pvlib.iotools.get_solrad#

pvlib.iotools.get_solrad(station, start, end, url='https://gml.noaa.gov/aftp/data/radiation/solrad/')[source]#

Request data from NOAA SOLRAD and read it into a Dataframe.

A list of stations and their descriptions can be found in 1, The data files are described in 2.

Data is returned for complete days, including start and end.

Parameters

station (str) – Three letter station abbreviation.
start (datetime-like) – First day of the requested period
end (datetime-like) – Last day of the requested period
url (str, default: ‘https://gml.noaa.gov/aftp/data/radiation/solrad/’) – API endpoint URL

Returns

data (pd.DataFrame) – Dataframe with data from SOLRAD.
meta (dict) – Metadata.

See also

read_solrad

Notes

Recent SOLRAD data is 1-minute averages. Prior to 2015-01-01, it was 3-minute averages.

References

1: https://gml.noaa.gov/grad/solrad/index.html
2: https://gml.noaa.gov/aftp/data/radiation/solrad/README_SOLRAD.txt

Examples

>>> # Retrieve one month of irradiance data from the ABQ SOLRAD station
>>> data, metadata = pvlib.iotools.get_solrad(
>>>     station='abq', start="2020-01-01", end="2020-01-31")

pvlib.iotools.read_solrad

pvlib.iotools.get_psm3