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Variables and style rules
jforbess edited this page Apr 1, 2015
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Bold variables need to be discussed.
variable | description | comment |
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tz or timezone | timezone | jforbess: shrug |
latitude | latitude | |
longitude | longitude | |
dni | direct normal irradiance | |
dni_et | direct normal irradiance at top of atmosphere (extraterrestrial) | uvchik: Is 'et' obvious? Or better something like 'extra' oder 'extrat'? wholmgren: maybe extra is better. jforbess: agree extra is better |
dhi | diffuse horizontal irradiance | |
ghi | global horizontal irradiance | |
aoi | angle of incidence | |
aoi_projection | cos(aoi) | |
airmass | airmass | |
airmass_relative or relative_airmass | relative airmass | wholmgren: does anybody prefer an order? jforbess: airmass_relative/absolute is better, I think |
airmass_absolute or absolute_airmass | absolute airmass | |
poa_ground_diffuse | in plane ground reflected irradiation | |
poa_direct | direct/beam irradiation in plane | |
poa_diffuse | total diffuse irradiation in plane. sum of ground and sky diffuse. | |
poa_global | global irradiation in plane. sum of diffuse and beam projection. | |
poa_sky_diffuse | diffuse irradiation in plane from scattered light in the atmosphere (without ground reflected irradiation) | |
surface_tilt | tilt angle of the surface | |
surface_azimuth | azimuth angle of the surface | |
sun_zenith or solar_zenith | zenith angle of the sun | jforbess: agree that solar_zenith is slightly better |
sun_azimuth or solar_azimuth | azimuth angle of the sun | |
temp_cell | temperature of the cell in Kelvin | likewise, temp_module, temp_air. jforbess: Does it have to be Kelvin? The data will never be recorded in Kelvin. |
voltage_mpp | module voltage at the maximum power point | likewise: ampere, power. jforbess: interesting, when i think of the counterpart to voltage_mpp, I think current_mpp. Also, it would be volt, ampere and watt or voltage, current, power. I prefer the latter. Also, here I actually prefer v_mp, i_mp and p_mp, if that's still a possibility, but I understand if it's too far outside guidelines. |