pvlib.forecast.GFS

class pvlib.forecast.GFS(resolution=’half’, set_type=’best’)

Subclass of the ForecastModel class representing GFS forecast model.

Model data corresponds to 0.25 degree resolution forecasts.

Parameters:

resolution: string, default ‘half’

Resolution of the model, either ‘half’ or ‘quarter’ degree.

set_type: string, default ‘best’

Type of model to pull data from.

Attributes

dataframe_variables: list	Common variables present in the final set of data.
model: string	Name of the UNIDATA forecast model.
model_type: string	UNIDATA category in which the model is located.
variables: dict	Defines the variables to obtain from the weather model and how they should be renamed to common variable names.
units: dict	Dictionary containing the units of the standard variables and the model specific variables.

__init__(resolution=’half’, set_type=’best’)