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Variables and style rules

ukrien edited this page Mar 31, 2015 · 28 revisions
variable description comment
tz timezone
lat or latitude latitude
lon or long or longitude longitude
dni direct normal irradiance
dni_et direct normal irradiance at top of atmosphere (extraterrestrial) uvchik: Is 'et' obvious? Or better something like 'extra' oder 'extrat'? wholmgren: maybe extra is better.
dhi diffuse horizontal irradiance
ghi global horizontal irradiance
aoi angle of incidence
aoi_projection cos(aoi)
airmass airmass
airmass_relative or relative_airmass relative airmass wholmgren: does anybody prefer an order?
airmass_absolute or absolute_airmass absolute airmass
ground_diffuse or poa_ground_diffuse in plane ground reflected irradiation
poa_direct direct/beam irradiation in plane
poa_diffuse total diffuse irradiation in plane. sum of ground and sky diffuse.
poa_global global irradiation in plane. sum of diffuse and beam projection.
sky_diffuse or poa_sky_diffuse diffuse irradiation in plane from scattered light in the atmosphere (without ground reflected irradiation)
surf_tilt or surface_tilt tilt angle of the surface
surf_az or surf_azimuth or surface_azimuth azimuth angle of the surface
sun_zen or sun_zenith or solar_zenith zenith angle of the sun
sun_az or sun_azimuth or solar_azimuth azimuth angle of the sun
temp_cell temperature of the cell in Kelvin
voltage_mpp module voltage at the maximum power point likewise: ampere, power