solarforecastarbiter.validation.validator.detect_clipping

solarforecastarbiter.validation.validator.detect_clipping(ac_power, window=4, fraction_in_window=0.75, rtol=0.005, levels=2)[source]

Detects clipping in a series of AC power.

Possible clipped power levels are found by detect_levels. Within each sliding window, clipping is indicated when at least fraction_in_window of points are close to a clipped power level.

Parameters:
  • ac_power (Series) – data to be processed
  • window (int) – number of data points defining the length of a rolling window
  • fraction_in_window (float) – fraction of points which indicate clipping if AC power at each point is close to the plateau level
  • rtol (float) – a point is close to a clipped level M if abs(ac_power - M) < rtol * max(ac_power)
  • levels (int) – number of clipped power levels to consider.
Returns:

flags (Series) – True when clipping is indicated.