pvlib.iotools.read_midc¶
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pvlib.iotools.read_midc(filename, variable_map={}, raw_data=False)[source]¶ Read in National Renewable Energy Laboratory Measurement and Instrumentation Data Center 1 weather data.
- Parameters
filename (string) – Filename or url of data to read.
variable_map (dictionary) – Dictionary for mapping MIDC field names to pvlib names. Used to rename the columns of the resulting DataFrame. Does not map names by default. See Notes for an example.
raw_data (boolean) – Set to true to use format_index_raw to correctly format the date/time columns of MIDC raw data files.
- Returns
data (Dataframe) – A dataframe with DatetimeIndex localized to the provided timezone.
Notes
The variable_map argument should map fields from MIDC data to pvlib names.
- e.g. If a MIDC file contains the variable ‘Global Horizontal [W/m^2]’,
passing the dictionary below will rename the column to ‘ghi’ in the returned Dataframe.
- {
‘Global Horizontal [W/m^2]’: ghi,
}
See the MIDC_VARIABLE_MAP for collection of mappings by site. For a full list of pvlib variable names see the Variable Style Rules.
Be sure to check the units for the variables you will use on the MIDC site.
References
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NREL: Measurement and Instrumentation Data Center https://midcdmz.nrel.gov/