Source code for pvlib.scaling

"""
The ``scaling`` module contains functions for manipulating irradiance
or other variables to account for temporal or spatial characteristics.
"""

import numpy as np
import pandas as pd


[docs]def wvm(clearsky_index, positions, cloud_speed, dt=None): """ Compute spatial aggregation time series smoothing on clear sky index based on the Wavelet Variability model of Lave et al [1-2]. Implementation is basically a port of the Matlab version of the code [3]. Parameters ---------- clearsky_index : numeric or pandas.Series Clear Sky Index time series that will be smoothed. positions : numeric Array of coordinate distances as (x,y) pairs representing the easting, northing of the site positions in meters [m]. Distributed plants could be simulated by gridded points throughout the plant footprint. cloud_speed : numeric Speed of cloud movement in meters per second [m/s]. dt : float, default None The time series time delta. By default, is inferred from the clearsky_index. Must be specified for a time series that doesn't include an index. Units of seconds [s]. Returns ------- smoothed : numeric or pandas.Series The Clear Sky Index time series smoothed for the described plant. wavelet: numeric The individual wavelets for the time series before smoothing. tmscales: numeric The timescales associated with the wavelets in seconds [s]. References ---------- [1] M. Lave, J. Kleissl and J.S. Stein. A Wavelet-Based Variability Model (WVM) for Solar PV Power Plants. IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 501-509, 2013. [2] M. Lave and J. Kleissl. Cloud speed impact on solar variability scaling - Application to the wavelet variability model. Solar Energy, vol. 91, pp. 11-21, 2013. [3] Wavelet Variability Model - Matlab Code: https://pvpmc.sandia.gov/applications/wavelet-variability-model/ """ # Added by Joe Ranalli (@jranalli), Penn State Hazleton, 2019 try: import scipy.optimize from scipy.spatial.distance import pdist except ImportError: raise ImportError("The WVM function requires scipy.") pos = np.array(positions) dist = pdist(pos, 'euclidean') wavelet, tmscales = _compute_wavelet(clearsky_index, dt) # Find effective length of position vector, 'dist' is full pairwise n_pairs = len(dist) def fn(x): return np.abs((x ** 2 - x) / 2 - n_pairs) n_dist = np.round(scipy.optimize.fmin(fn, np.sqrt(n_pairs), disp=False)) # Compute VR A = cloud_speed / 2 # Resultant fit for A from [2] vr = np.zeros(tmscales.shape) for i, tmscale in enumerate(tmscales): rho = np.exp(-1 / A * dist / tmscale) # Eq 5 from [1] # 2*rho is because rho_ij = rho_ji. +n_dist accounts for sum(rho_ii=1) denominator = 2 * np.sum(rho) + n_dist vr[i] = n_dist ** 2 / denominator # Eq 6 of [1] # Scale each wavelet by VR (Eq 7 in [1]) wavelet_smooth = np.zeros_like(wavelet) for i in np.arange(len(tmscales)): if i < len(tmscales) - 1: # Treat the lowest freq differently wavelet_smooth[i, :] = wavelet[i, :] / np.sqrt(vr[i]) else: wavelet_smooth[i, :] = wavelet[i, :] outsignal = np.sum(wavelet_smooth, 0) try: # See if there's an index already, if so, return as a pandas Series smoothed = pd.Series(outsignal, index=clearsky_index.index) except AttributeError: smoothed = outsignal # just output the numpy signal return smoothed, wavelet, tmscales
def latlon_to_xy(coordinates): """ Convert latitude and longitude in degrees to a coordinate system measured in meters from zero deg latitude, zero deg longitude. This is a convenience method to support inputs to wvm. Note that the methodology used is only suitable for short distances. For conversions of longer distances, users should consider use of Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) or other suitable cartographic projection. Consider packages built for cartographic projection such as pyproj (e.g. pyproj.transform()) [2]. Parameters ---------- coordinates : numeric Array or list of (latitude, longitude) coordinate pairs. Use decimal degrees notation. Returns ------- xypos : numeric Array of coordinate distances as (x,y) pairs representing the easting, northing of the position in meters [m]. References ---------- [1] H. Moritz. Geodetic Reference System 1980, Journal of Geodesy, vol. 74, no. 1, pp 128–133, 2000. [2] https://pypi.org/project/pyproj/ [3] Wavelet Variability Model - Matlab Code: https://pvpmc.sandia.gov/applications/wavelet-variability-model/ """ # Added by Joe Ranalli (@jranalli), Penn State Hazleton, 2019 r_earth = 6371008.7714 # mean radius of Earth, in meters m_per_deg_lat = r_earth * np.pi / 180 try: meanlat = np.mean([lat for (lat, lon) in coordinates]) # Mean latitude except TypeError: # Assume it's a single value? meanlat = coordinates[0] m_per_deg_lon = r_earth * np.cos(np.pi/180 * meanlat) * np.pi/180 # Conversion pos = coordinates * np.array(m_per_deg_lat, m_per_deg_lon) # reshape as (x,y) pairs to return try: return np.column_stack([pos[:, 1], pos[:, 0]]) except IndexError: # Assume it's a single value, which has a 1D shape return np.array((pos[1], pos[0])) def _compute_wavelet(clearsky_index, dt=None): """ Compute the wavelet transform on the input clear_sky time series. Parameters ---------- clearsky_index : numeric or pandas.Series Clear Sky Index time series that will be smoothed. dt : float, default None The time series time delta. By default, is inferred from the clearsky_index. Must be specified for a time series that doesn't include an index. Units of seconds [s]. Returns ------- wavelet: numeric The individual wavelets for the time series tmscales: numeric The timescales associated with the wavelets in seconds [s] References ---------- [1] M. Lave, J. Kleissl and J.S. Stein. A Wavelet-Based Variability Model (WVM) for Solar PV Power Plants. IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 501-509, 2013. [3] Wavelet Variability Model - Matlab Code: https://pvpmc.sandia.gov/applications/wavelet-variability-model/ """ # Added by Joe Ranalli (@jranalli), Penn State Hazleton, 2019 try: # Assume it's a pandas type vals = clearsky_index.values.flatten() except AttributeError: # Assume it's a numpy type vals = clearsky_index.flatten() if dt is None: raise ValueError("dt must be specified for numpy type inputs.") else: # flatten() succeeded, thus it's a pandas type, so get its dt try: # Assume it's a time series type index dt = (clearsky_index.index[1] - clearsky_index.index[0]).seconds except AttributeError: # It must just be a numeric index dt = (clearsky_index.index[1] - clearsky_index.index[0]) # Pad the series on both ends in time and place in a dataframe cs_long = np.pad(vals, (len(vals), len(vals)), 'symmetric') cs_long = pd.DataFrame(cs_long) # Compute wavelet time scales min_tmscale = np.ceil(np.log(dt)/np.log(2)) # Minimum wavelet timescale max_tmscale = int(12 - min_tmscale) # maximum wavelet timescale tmscales = np.zeros(max_tmscale) csi_mean = np.zeros([max_tmscale, len(cs_long)]) # Loop for all time scales we will consider for i in np.arange(0, max_tmscale): j = i+1 tmscales[i] = 2**j * dt # Wavelet integration time scale intvlen = 2**j # Wavelet integration time series interval # Rolling average, retains only lower frequencies than interval df = cs_long.rolling(window=intvlen, center=True, min_periods=1).mean() # Fill nan's in both directions df = df.fillna(method='bfill').fillna(method='ffill') # Pop values back out of the dataframe and store csi_mean[i, :] = df.values.flatten() # Calculate the wavelets by isolating the rolling mean frequency ranges wavelet_long = np.zeros(csi_mean.shape) for i in np.arange(0, max_tmscale-1): wavelet_long[i, :] = csi_mean[i, :] - csi_mean[i+1, :] wavelet_long[max_tmscale-1, :] = csi_mean[max_tmscale-1, :] # Lowest freq # Clip off the padding and just return the original time window wavelet = np.zeros([max_tmscale, len(vals)]) for i in np.arange(0, max_tmscale): wavelet[i, :] = wavelet_long[i, len(vals)+1: 2*len(vals)+1] return wavelet, tmscales