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from matplotlib import pyplot as plt

# For this example, we will be using Golden, Colorado
tz = 'MST'
lat, lon = 39.755, -105.221

# Create location object to store lat, lon, timezone
site = location.Location(lat, lon, tz=tz)
site = location.Location(lat, lon, tz='MST')


# Calculate clear-sky GHI and transpose to plane of array
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'POA': POA_irradiance['poa_global']})


# Get irradiance data for summer and winter solstice, assuming 25 degree tilt
# Get irradiance data for summer and winter solstice, assuming 25 degrees tilt
# and a south facing array
summer_irradiance = get_irradiance(site, '06-20-2020', 25, 180)
winter_irradiance = get_irradiance(site, '12-21-2020', 25, 180)
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summer_irradiance['POA'].plot(ax=ax1, label='POA')
winter_irradiance['GHI'].plot(ax=ax2, label='GHI')
winter_irradiance['POA'].plot(ax=ax2, label='POA')
ax1.set_xlabel('Time of day (Summer)')
ax2.set_xlabel('Time of day (Winter)')
ax1.set_xlabel('Time of day (in Summer)')
ax2.set_xlabel('Time of day (in Winter)')
ax1.set_ylabel('Irradiance ($W/m^2$)')
ax1.legend()
ax2.legend()
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion docs/examples/iv-modeling/plot_singlediode.py
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for i, case in conditions.iterrows():
label = (
"$G_{eff}$ " + f"{case['Geff']} $W/m^2$\n"
"$T_{cell}$ " + f"{case['Tcell']} $C$"
"$T_{cell}$ " + f"{case['Tcell']} $\\degree C$"
)
plt.plot(curve_info['v'][i], curve_info['i'][i], label=label)
v_mp = curve_info['v_mp'][i]
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3 changes: 3 additions & 0 deletions docs/sphinx/source/whatsnew/v0.9.1.rst
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* Fix some typos (:pull:`1414`)
* Clarify the descriptions of ``delta_t`` in several solar position functions
(:pull:`1429`)
* Changed $C$ to $\\degree C$ in the plot_singlediode.py file (:pull:`1434`)
* Changed axis labels and comments, and also deleted a string variable which wasn't required (:pull: `1450`)

Requirements
~~~~~~~~~~~~
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* Jack Kelly (:ghuser:`JackKelly`)
* Somasree Majumder(:ghuser:`soma2000-lang`)
* Naman Priyadarshi (:ghuser:`Naman-Priyadarshi`)
* Shashwata Roy (:ghuser: `RoyCoding8`)