First, I see 2 different formulas in WeeWX. Additionally there is a factor that can be between 0.7 and 0.91. It may be an idea to adjust those values. (But in the moment I found no place to put "atc" and "maxSolarRad_algo" into weewx.conf.
tke...@gmail.com schrieb am Montag, 21. Dezember 2020 um 19:38:30 UTC+1: > 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+...@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/bddae2eb-83d0-48f6-a4ae-7b996a49fe45n%40googlegroups.com.
