solarforecastarbiter.pvmodel.calculate_poa_effective_explicit

solarforecastarbiter.pvmodel.calculate_poa_effective_explicit(surface_tilt, surface_azimuth, aoi, apparent_zenith, azimuth, ghi, dni, dhi)[source]

Calculate effective plane of array irradiance from system metadata, solar position, and irradiance components. Accounts for AOI losses.

Parameters:
  • surface_tilt (float or pd.Series) –
  • surface_azimuth (float or pd.Series) –
  • aoi (pd.Series) –
  • apparent_zenith (pd.Series) – Solar apparent zenith
  • azimuth (pd.Series) – Solar azimuth
  • ghi (pd.Series) –
  • dni (pd.Series) –
  • dhi (pd.Series) –
Returns:

poa_effective (pd.Series)