Well, if someone has a better source for calculating maximum solar radiation, that matches the radiation spectrum of popular sensors, I'm all ears.
On Mon, Dec 21, 2020 at 8:19 AM t...@tom.org <t...@tom.org> wrote: > kk, glad you corroborated my observations. I am no expert in this for > sure. I am just tired of all of the comments I get from visitors to the > website about how my readings exceed theoretical max. I could remove the > max, but that doesn't seem fun. > > I do not have the expertise to validate the way weewx calculates it nor am > I even competent in Python, but for those who may, here is a link to the > code: > > > https://github.com/weewx/weewx/blob/d91635f3bc429f906d1f084c6a6bc8ee09fa1a27/bin/weewx/wxformulas.py#L332 > > > > On Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 1:26:31 PM UTC-5 kk44...@gmail.com wrote: > >> I found that thread interesting, so I added the column "maxSolarRad", >> too. >> >> [image: dayradiation.png] >> Readings of the console and the WeatherLinkLive device are quite the >> same. And the readings of "radiation" are higher than "maxSolarRad". The >> values I upload to the local weather network are well in the range of other >> stations nearby. >> >> >> Greg Troxel schrieb am Sonntag, 20. Dezember 2020 um 17:58:01 UTC+1: >> >>> >>> Greg Troxel <g...@lexort.com> writes: >>> >>> > Can someone share how to add maxSolarRad (when it is in the db) to the >>> > graphs for the traditional skin? Can I graph radiation, max >>> (observed), >>> > and theory all at once, having three? >>> >>> The answer is to just add it and label it; it comes out in green after >>> radiation in blue and max in red. Pro Tip: add it after radiation_max, >>> which is the max of local observations, and don't stick the line after >>> the radiation_max header and the 4 lines defining how max should be. >>> >>> >>> [[[dayradiation]]] >>> [[[[radiation]]]] >>> [[[[radiation_max]]]] >>> data_type = radiation >>> aggregate_type = max >>> aggregate_interval = 3600 >>> label = max >>> [[[[maxSolarRad]]]] >>> label = theory >>> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "weewx-user" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to weewx-user+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/8b44e185-9f77-4cfd-b024-a7df7f79b617n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/8b44e185-9f77-4cfd-b024-a7df7f79b617n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to weewx-user+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/CAPq0zED5QRXgKmrSyEwBmvbFv0BY3QKy%3DbvOP5x8u%3D58eC6wwg%40mail.gmail.com.
