pvlib.modelchain.ModelChain.prepare_inputs¶
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ModelChain.
prepare_inputs
(weather, times=None)[source]¶ Prepare the solar position, irradiance, and weather inputs to the model.
Parameters: - weather (DataFrame) – Column names must be
'dni'
,'ghi'
,'dhi'
,'wind_speed'
,'temp_air'
. All irradiance components are required. Air temperature of 20 C and wind speed of 0 m/s will be added to the DataFrame if not provided. - times (None, deprecated) – Deprecated argument included for API compatibility, but not used internally. The index of the weather DataFrame is used for times.
Notes
Assigns attributes:
solar_position
,airmass
,total_irrad
,aoi
See also
- weather (DataFrame) – Column names must be