Precision
Rounding decimals¶
For detailed outputs obtained via the verbosity flag/s, we can ask to round the output values down to a specific number of decimals
pvgis-prototype power broadband \
8.628 45.812 214 180 45 \
'2010-01-27 12:00:00' \
-v \
--rounding-places 3
Power series [W]
Time Power ⌁
───────────────────────────────
2010-01-27 12:00:00 756.843
⅀ / μ 756.843
╭───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮ ╭──────────────────────────────────────╮
│ Location Longitude ϑ, Latitude ϕ = 0.151, 0.8, Elevation: 214.0 m │ │ ⌁ Power ⦥ Tilt │
│ Position Surface Orientation ↻: 3.142, Surface Tilt ⦥: 0.785 Angular units radians │ │ ⏲ Timing ⭸ Incidence │
│ Definitions UTC, Incidence angle: Sun-Vector-to-Surface-Plane, │ │ ⯐ Positioning ⅀ N-ary Summation │
│ Algorithms Timing : NOAA, Positioning : NOAA, Incidence : Iqbal │ │ ↻ Orientation μ Mean │
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or even
pvgis-prototype power broadband \
8.628 45.812 214 180 45 \
'2010-01-27 12:00:00' \
-vvv \
--rounding-places 1
Power series [W]
Time Power ⌁ Power ⌁ without Loss Efficiency ⋅ Extra Normal ⍖ ⦜ Linke Turbidity ⋅ Refracted alt. ⦧ ⦩ Altitude ⦩ Incidence ⭸ Sun-Horizon ⛰ Shading state 🮞 In-shade 🮞 Horizon ⛰ Visible 👁
───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
2010-01-27 12:00:00 756.8 880.0 0.9 1402.4 2.0 25.4 0.4 1.2 Above Sunlit False 0.0 True
⅀ / μ 756.8 880.0 0.88332695 1402.4
╭─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮ ╭───────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ Location Longitude ϑ, Latitude ϕ = 0.2, 0.8, Elevation: 214.0 m │ │ ⌁ Power ⯐ Positioning ⅀ N-ary Summation │
│ Position Surface Orientation ↻: 3.1, Surface Tilt ⦥: 0.8 Angular units radians │ │ ⸾ Irradiance ⛰ Horizon μ Mean │
│ Module Type: Mono-Facial, Technology: cSi, Mount: Free standing, Peak Power: 1.0 kWp │ │ - Loss ↻ Orientation │
│ Definitions Azimuth origin : Not Required!, UTC, Incidence angle: Sun-Vector-to-Surface-Plane, Sun-to-Horizon: ['Above', 'Below', 'Low angle'] │ │ ⍖ Extra Normal ⦥ Tilt │
│ Algorithms Power model ⌁: Huld 2011, Timing : NOAA, Positioning : NOAA, Incidence : Iqbal, Shading : PVGIS, Shading states : ['all'] │ │ ⦜ Normal ⭸ Incidence │
│ Radiation model ⸾ : Hofierka 2002, Irradiance units W │ │ ⏲ Timing 👁 Visible │
│ Equation : P(G₀, T₀) = G₀(P₀ₛₜ₃, m + k₁G₀) + k₂G₀)² + k₃T₀ + k₄T₀G₀ + k₅T₀G₀² + k₆T₀² │ │ ⦩ Altitude 🮞 Shading │
│ Constants Solar constant : 1367.0 │ │ Azimuth ⋅ Factor │
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Higher precision¶
Do you really need higher precision? Head over to the NumPy section.