pvlib.modelchain.ModelChain.run_model

ModelChain.run_model(weather, times=None)[source]

Run the model.

Parameters

  • weather (DataFrame) – Column names must be 'dni', 'ghi', 'dhi', 'wind_speed', 'temp_air'. All irradiance components are required. Air temperature of 20 C and wind speed of 0 m/s will be added to the DataFrame if not provided.

  • times (None, deprecated) – Deprecated argument included for API compatibility, but not used internally. The index of the weather DataFrame is used for times.

Returns

  • self

  • Assigns attributes (solar_position, airmass, irradiance,)

  • total_irrad, effective_irradiance, weather, cell_temperature, aoi,

  • aoi_modifier, spectral_modifier, dc, ac, losses.