Global
This page overviews how-to work with the irradiance global sub-commands
irradiance global
Usage: pvgis-prototype irradiance global [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...
⤋ Calculate the global irradiance over a time series
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│ --help Show this message and exit. │
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╭─ Solar irradiance time series ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ horizontal Calculate the broadband global horizontal irradiance over a time series │
│ inclined Calculate the broadband global inclined irradiance over a time series │
│ spectral Calculate the spectrally resolved global inclined irradiance over a time series │
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Global inclined¶
pvgis-prototype irradiance global inclined \
8.628 45.812 214 180 35 \
'2010-01-01 12:00:00' \
-vvvv
Global Inclined Irradiance in-plane irradiance series W/m²
Refra… Linke Sky-D… Direct Extra Extra Eccen… Shadi…
Direct Sky-D… Groun… Global alt. ⦧ Turbi… Refle… Direct Sky-D… Groun… Incli… Direct Sky-D… Groun… Horiz… Horiz… Horiz… Normal Altit… Incid… Phase Sun-H… state In-sh…
Time ⇣ ∡ 🗤 ∡ ⭞ ∡ ⤋ ∡ ⦩ ⋅ -⭜ ⇣ -⭜ 🗤 -⭜ ⭞ -⭜ Irrad… ⇣ ∡ ☉ 🗤 ∡ ☉ ⭞ ∡ ☉ 🗤⭳ ⇣ ⭳ ⍖ ⭳ ⍖ ⦜ ⦩ ⭸ Offset ⛰ 🮞 🮞
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2010-01-01 12:00:00 737.0… 88.192 5.858 831.1… 20.798 2.0 -6.622 -4.84 -0.986 -0.796 837.76 741.9… 89.178 6.655 47.743 320.2… 499.3… 1406.… 0.363 0.966 0.049 Above Sunlit False
⅀ / μ 737.0… 88.192 5.858 831.1… -4.84 -0.986 -0.796 741.9… 89.178 6.655 47.743 320.2… 499.3… 1406.…
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│ Location Longitude ϑ, Latitude ϕ = 0.151, 0.8, Elevation: 214.0 m │ │ ⸾ Irradiance ⦜ Normal ⛰ Horizon μ Mean │
│ Position Surface Orientation ↻: 3.142, Surface Tilt ⦥: 0.611 Angular units None │ │ - Loss 🗤 Diffuse ↻ Orientation │
│ Definitions Incidence angle: Sun-Vector-to-Surface-Plane, Sun-to-Horizon: ['Below', 'Low angle', 'Above'] │ │ ∡ Inclined ⭞ Reflected ⦥ Tilt │
│ Algorithms Timing : NOAA, Positioning : NOAA, Incidence : Iqbal, Shading : PVGIS, Shading states : ['Potentially-sunlit', 'In-shade', 'Sunlit'] │ │ ⇣ Direct ⏲ Timing ⭸ Incidence │
│ Radiation model ⸾ : Hofierka 2002, Irradiance units W/m² │ │ ⭜ Reflectivity ⦩ Altitude 🮞 Shading │
│ Equation : Direct ⇣∡ + Sky-Diffuse 🗤∡ + Ground-Diffuse ⭞∡ │ │ ⭳ Horizontal Azimuth ⋅ Factor │
│ Constants Solar constant : 1367.0, Eccentricity Offset : 0.048869, Eccentricity Amplitude ⋅⬭ : 0.03344 │ │ ⍖ Extra Normal ⯐ Positioning ⅀ N-ary Summation │
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Global horizontal¶
Horizontal components
Horizontal components are independent of the positional setup of a solar surface. Hence, we only need to provide a location and define a series of timestamps.
Global Horizontal Irradiance in-plane irradiance series W/m²
Time Altitude ⦩ Unrefracted ⦧ Linke Turbidity ⋅ Extra Normal ⦜ Direct Horizontal ⇣ ⭳ Diffuse Horizontal 🗤⭳ Global Horizontal ⤋ ⭳
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2010-01-01 12:00:00 0.363 True 2.0 1406.282 320.218 47.743 367.962
⅀ / μ 320.218
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│ Location Longitude ϑ, Latitude ϕ = 0.151, 0.8 Angular units Unitless │ │ ⸾ Irradiance 🗤 Diffuse ⋅ Factor │
│ Algorithms Timing : NOAA, Positioning : NOAA, Adjusted for refraction : True, │ │ ⇣ Direct ⏲ Timing ⅀ N-ary Summation │
│ Radiation model ⸾ : Hofierka 2002, Irradiance units W/m² │ │ ⭳ Horizontal ⦩ Altitude μ Mean │
│ Constants Solar constant : 1367.0 │ │ ⦜ Normal ⯐ Positioning │
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Global spectral¶
Incomplete
This section is yet to be completed.