pvcompare.era5.get_era5_data_from_datespan_and_position

pvcompare.era5.get_era5_data_from_datespan_and_position(start_date, end_date, variable='pvcompare', latitude=None, longitude=None, grid=None, target_file=None, chunks=None, cds_client=None)[source]

Send request for era5 data to the Climate Data Store (CDS)

Parameters

  • variable ((str or list of str) ERA5 variables to download. If you) – want to download all variables necessary to use the pvlib, set variable to ‘pvlib’. If you want to download all variables necessary to use the windpowerlib, set variable to ‘windpowerlib’. To download both variable sets for pvlib and windpowerlib, set variable to ‘feedinlib’.

  • start_date (str) – start date of the date span in YYYY-MM-DD format

  • end_date (str) – end date of the date span in YYYY-MM-DD format

  • latitude (number) – latitude in the range [-90, 90] relative to the equator, north corresponds to positive latitude.

  • longitude (number) – longitude in the range [-180, 180] relative to Greenwich Meridian, east relative to the meridian corresponds to positive longitude.

  • grid (list of float) –

    provide the latitude and longitude grid resolutions in deg. It needs to

    be an integer fraction of 90 deg.

  • target_file (str) – name of the file in which to store downloaded data locally

  • chunks (dict) –

  • cds_client (handle to CDS client (if none is provided, then it is created)) –

Returns

Return type

CDS data in an xarray format