Global
This page overviews how-to work with
the irradiance global sub-commands inclined, horizontal and spectral.
irradiance global
Usage: pvgis irradiance global [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...
⸾ Calculate the global irradiance over a time series
╭─ Options ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ --help Show this message and exit. │
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╭─ External 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¶
Global Inclined Irradiance & relevant components in-plane irradiance series W/m²
(1/3)
Time ∡ Global Inclined Irradiance ∡ Direct Inclined Irradiance
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2010-01-01 12:00:00 831.137 737.087
⅀ / μ 831.137 737.087
Global Inclined Irradiance & relevant components in-plane irradiance series W/m² (2/3)
Time ∡ Diffuse Inclined Irradiance ∡ Ground Reflected Inclined Irradiance ☂ In shade
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2010-01-01 12:00:00 88.192 5.858 False
⅀ / μ 88.192 5.858
Global Inclined Irradiance & relevant components
in-plane irradiance series W/m² (3/3)
Time ☉ ⛰ Sun-Horizon Position
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2010-01-01 12:00:00 Above
⅀ / μ
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│ Angular units ㎭ radians │
│ Location Longitude, Latitude = 0.151, 0.8, Elevation: 214.0 m │
│ Position Surface Orientation: 3.142, Surface Tilt: 0.611 │
│ Definitions Zone : UTC, Incidence angle: Sun-Vector-to-Surface-Plane, Sun-Horizon Positions: Above, Low angle, │
│ Below, Shading states: Sunlit, Potentially-sunlit, In-shade, │
│ Algorithms Radiation model: Hofierka 2002, Timing : NOAA, Positioning : NOAA, Incidence : Iqbal, │
│ Constants Solar constant : 1360.8, Perigee : 0.048869, Eccentricity : 0.03344 │
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│ ∡ Tilt μ Mean │
│ ☂ In shade │
│ ☉ Sun │
│ ⛰ Horizon │
│ - Loss │
│ ⅀ 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 Irradiance & relevant components in-plane irradiance series W/m² (1/3)
Time ⭳ Global Horizontal Irradiance ⭳ Direct Horizontal Irradiance
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2010-01-01 12:00:00 367.962 320.218
⅀ / μ 320.218
Global Irradiance & relevant components in-plane irradiance series W/m² (2/3)
Time ⭳ Diffuse Horizontal Irradiance ⦜ Extraterrestrial Normal Irradiance ⦩ Altitude
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2010-01-01 12:00:00 47.743 1406.282 0.363
⅀ / μ 47.743
Global Irradiance & relevant components
in-plane irradiance series W/m² (3/3)
Time Linke Turbidity
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2010-01-01 12:00:00 2.0
⅀ / μ
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│ Angular units ㎭ radians │ │ ⭳ Horizontal ⅀ N-ary Summation │
│ Location Longitude, Latitude = 0.151, 0.8Zone : UTC, │ │ ⦜ Normal μ Mean │
│ Algorithms Radiation model: Hofierka 2002 │ │ ⦩ Altitude │
╰──────────────────────────────────────────── Reference ─╯ ╰──────────────────────────── Legend ─╯