pvlib.location.Location.get_clearsky#
- Location.get_clearsky(times, model='ineichen', solar_position=None, dni_extra=None, **kwargs)[source]#
Calculate the clear sky estimates of GHI, DNI, and/or DHI at this location.
- Parameters
times (
DatetimeIndex) –model (
str, default'ineichen') – The clear sky model to use. Must be one of ‘ineichen’, ‘haurwitz’, ‘simplified_solis’.solar_position (
NoneorDataFrame, defaultNone) – DataFrame with columns ‘apparent_zenith’, ‘zenith’, ‘apparent_elevation’.dni_extra (
Noneor numeric, defaultNone) – If None, will be calculated from times.kwargs – Extra parameters passed to the relevant functions. Climatological values are assumed in many cases. See source code for details!
- Returns
clearsky (
DataFrame) – Column names are:ghi, dni, dhi.