pvcompare.perosi.pvlib_smarts.SMARTSSpectra¶

pvcompare.perosi.pvlib_smarts.SMARTSSpectra(IOUT, YEAR, MONTH, DAY, HOUR, LATIT, LONGIT, WLMN, WLMX, TAIR, TDAY, SEASON, ZONE, TILT, WAZIM, W)[source]¶

Function that runs the smartsAll function to get a standard spectrum

IMPORTANT: Latit must end with a period. i.e. ‘32.’

Parameters

IOUT (str) – all output variables can be found in the SMARTS 2.9.5 documentation
YEAR (string) – Year
MONTH (str) – Month
DAY (str) – Day
HOUR (str) – Hour, in 24 hour format.
LATIT (str) – Latitude of the location, Latit must end with a period. i.e. ‘32.’
LONGIT (str) – Longitude of the location.

Returns

MAtrix with (:,1) elements being wavelength in nm and (:,2) elements being the spectrum in the units as specified above.

Return type

pandas.DataFrame