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Source: R/get_monthly_radiations.R
get_monthly_radiations.Rd

Fetch monthly radiation data from PVGIS website (by API) between start and end year (limit years are from 2005 to 2020). Fetched variables are Hrad = horizontal plane irradiation and DGratio = ratio of diffuse to global radiation (in horizontal plane).

! YOU NEED AN INTERNET CONNECTION TO ACCESS THE DATA BY API !

Usage

get_monthly_radiations(latitude, longitude, start_year = 2005, end_year = 2020)

Source

https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/pvgis-photovoltaic-geographical-information-system_en

Arguments

latitude

latitude of the plot

longitude

longitude of the plot

start_year

positive integer between 2005 and 2020 - start year on which to fetch monthly data

end_year

positive integer between 2005 and 2020 - end year on which to fetch monthly data

Value

Monthly horizontal radiation (Hrad) and diffuse to global ratio (DGratio) averaged between start_year and end_year

Examples

# \donttest{
# Example: fetch monthly radiation somewhere in Belgium
rad <- get_monthly_radiations(
  latitude = 50.85,
  longitude = 4.35,
  start_year = 2010,
  end_year = 2015
)

head(rad)
#>   month    Hrad   DGratio
#> 1     1  87.948 0.6850000
#> 2     2 137.178 0.6483333
#> 3     3 311.604 0.5200000
#> 4     4 474.786 0.4916667
#> 5     5 537.144 0.5250000
#> 6     6 569.964 0.5250000
# }