pvperfsolar performance modeling

Reference

API field

Global horizontal irradiance

Total sunlight on a horizontal surface, per interval

Unit W/m²

What it is

The total sunlight falling on a horizontal surface, averaged over each interval, in watts per square metre. It is the sum of the direct sunlight and the diffuse light from the sky. This is the main energy input of the simulation.

Typical values and how to get it

The values come from the uploaded file. At upload, any value below zero is set to zero.

References

  1. Sengupta, Xie, Lopez, Habte, Maclaurin & Shelby 2018, The National Solar Radiation Data Base (NSRDB), Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 89 51–60

API

weather.glob_hor