pvlib.irradiance.get_extra_radiation

pvlib.irradiance.get_extra_radiation(datetime_or_doy, solar_constant=1366.1, method='spencer', epoch_year=2014, **kwargs)[source]

Determine extraterrestrial radiation from day of year.

Parameters:
  • datetime_or_doy (numeric, array, date, datetime, Timestamp, DatetimeIndex) – Day of year, array of days of year, or datetime-like object
  • solar_constant (float, default 1366.1) – The solar constant.
  • method (string, default 'spencer') – The method by which the ET radiation should be calculated. Options include 'pyephem', 'spencer', 'asce', 'nrel'.
  • epoch_year (int, default 2014) – The year in which a day of year input will be calculated. Only applies to day of year input used with the pyephem or nrel methods.
  • kwargs – Passed to solarposition.nrel_earthsun_distance
Returns:

dni_extra (float, array, or Series) – The extraterrestrial radiation present in watts per square meter on a surface which is normal to the sun. Pandas Timestamp and DatetimeIndex inputs will yield a Pandas TimeSeries. All other inputs will yield a float or an array of floats.

References

[1]M. Reno, C. Hansen, and J. Stein, “Global Horizontal Irradiance Clear Sky Models: Implementation and Analysis”, Sandia National Laboratories, SAND2012-2389, 2012.
[2]<http://solardat.uoregon.edu/SolarRadiationBasics.html>, Eqs. SR1 and SR2
[3]Partridge, G. W. and Platt, C. M. R. 1976. Radiative Processes in Meteorology and Climatology.
[4]Duffie, J. A. and Beckman, W. A. 1991. Solar Engineering of Thermal Processes, 2nd edn. J. Wiley and Sons, New York.
[5]ASCE, 2005. The ASCE Standardized Reference Evapotranspiration Equation, Environmental and Water Resources Institute of the American Civil Engineers, Ed. R. G. Allen et al.