pvlib.iotools.read_midc_raw_data_from_nrel¶

pvlib.iotools.read_midc_raw_data_from_nrel(site, start, end, variable_map={})[source]¶

Request and read MIDC data directly from the raw data api.

Parameters

site (string) – The MIDC station id.
start (datetime) – Start date for requested data.
end (datetime) – End date for requested data.
variable_map (dict) – A dictionary mapping MIDC field names to pvlib names. Used to rename columns of the resulting DataFrame. See Notes of pvlib.iotools.read_midc() for example.

Returns

data – Dataframe with DatetimeIndex localized to the station location.

Notes

Requests spanning an instrumentation change will yield an error. See the MIDC raw data api page here for more details and considerations.