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Update irradiance component definitions in nomenclature.rst (#2289)
* irradiation -> irradiance, add units * Update nomenclature.rst * Update nomenclature.rst * typo * Update docs/sphinx/source/user_guide/nomenclature.rst Co-authored-by: Kevin Anderson <[email protected]> * remove transposition factor --------- Co-authored-by: Kevin Anderson <[email protected]>
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Photocurrent
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poa_diffuse
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Total diffuse irradiation in plane. Sum of ground and sky diffuse.
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Total diffuse irradiance in plane [Wm⁻²]. Sum of ground and sky diffuse
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components of global irradiance.
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poa_direct
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Direct/beam irradiation in plane
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Direct/beam irradiance in plane [Wm⁻²].
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poa_global
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Global irradiation in plane. sum of diffuse and beam projection.
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Global irradiance in plane. Sum of diffuse and beam projection [Wm⁻²].
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poa_ground_diffuse
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In plane ground reflected irradiation
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In plane ground reflected irradiance [Wm⁻²].
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poa_sky_diffuse
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Diffuse irradiation in plane from scattered light in the atmosphere
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(without ground reflected irradiation)
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Diffuse irradiance in plane from scattered light in the atmosphere
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(without ground reflected irradiance) [Wm⁻²].
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precipitable_water
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Total precipitable water contained in a column of unit cross section
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temp_module
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Temperature of the module
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transposition_factor
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The gain ratio of the radiation on inclined plane to global horizontal
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irradiation: :math:`\frac{poa\_global}{ghi}`
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tz
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Timezone
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