solarforecastarbiter.pvmodel.calculate_poa_effective_explicit

solarforecastarbiter.pvmodel.calculate_poa_effective_explicit(surface_tilt, surface_azimuth, aoi, apparent_zenith, azimuth, ghi, dni, dhi)[source]

Calculate effective plane of array irradiance from system metadata, solar position, and irradiance components. Accounts for AOI losses.

Parameters:
surface_tilt : float or pd.Series
surface_azimuth : float or pd.Series
aoi : pd.Series
apparent_zenith : pd.Series

Solar apparent zenith

azimuth : pd.Series

Solar azimuth

ghi : pd.Series
dni : pd.Series
dhi : pd.Series
Returns:
poa_effective : pd.Series