pvperfsolar performance modeling

Reference

API field

Snow model

Whether snow on the modules is modelled

What it is

Selects the snow loss model: off, or Townsend's monthly model. The Model tab's Townsend snow step sets it. Townsend needs the monthly snowfall and snow events, and a relative humidity from the weather file or the monthly humidity below.

Typical values and how to get it

Off unless the site gets snow. If not given: off.

References

  1. Townsend & Powers 2011, Photovoltaics and snow: An update from two winters of measurements in the SIERRA, IEEE 37th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

API

site.snow_model