solarforecastarbiter.pvmodel.calculate_solar_position

solarforecastarbiter.pvmodel.calculate_solar_position(latitude, longitude, elevation, times)

Calculates solar position using pvlib’s implementation of NREL SPA.

Parameters:

latitude : float

longitude : float

elevation : float

times : pd.DatetimeIndex

Returns:

solar_position : pd.DataFrame

The DataFrame will have the following columns: apparent_zenith (degrees), zenith (degrees), apparent_elevation (degrees), elevation (degrees), azimuth (degrees), equation_of_time (minutes).