PSM.get: Get NREL PSM version 3 data
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Description Usage Arguments Details Value Author(s) References

View source: R/PSM.r

Use API to download NREL Physical Solar Model (PSM) version 3 data in .csv format.

1 2	PSM.get(lon, lat, api.key, attributes, name, affiliation, year, leap.year, interval, utc, reason.for.use, email, mailing.list, directory = "data-raw")

`lon`	a number or a numeric array, longitude of the location(s) for downloading
`lat`	a number or a numeric array, latitude of the location(s) for downloading
`api.key`	the API key as a character string, can be obtained at https://developer.nrel.gov/signup/
`attributes`	the parameters to be downloaded, options are: "`air_temperature`", "`clearsky_dhi`", "`clearsky_dni`", "`clearsky_ghi`", "`cloud_type`", "`dew_point`", "`dhi`", "`dni`", "`fill_flag`", "`ghi`", "`relative_humidity`", "`solar_zenith_angle`", "`surface_albedo`", "`surface_pressure`", "`total_precipitable_water`", "`wind_direction`", "`wind_speed`". This argument should be passed in as a character string. If more than one, separate them using comma without spaces.
`name`	your name as a character string, e.g., "`John+Smith`". Spaces need to be replace with the + sign
`affiliation`	your affiliation as a character string, e.g., "`National+Renewable+Energy+Lab`". Spaces need to be replace with the + sign.
`year`	the year to be downloaded, options are: "`1998`", "`1999`", …, "`2016`", "`tmy`". This argument should be passed in as a character string. The API only allows downloading one year at a time
`leap.year`	a character string ("`true`" or "`false`") indicating whether you want the data on 29 Feb if it is a leap year
`interval`	a character string ("`30`" or "`60`") indicating whether you want 30 min or 60 min data
`utc`	a character string ("`true`" or "`false`") indicating whether you want the time to be UTC
`reason.for.use`	a character string indicating your purpose, e.g., "`research+development`"
`email`	your email as a character string, e.g., "`john.smith@gmail.com`"
`mailing.list`	a character string ("`true`" or "`false`") indicating whether you want to be on the NREL mainling list
`directory`	the directory for the downloads, default to "`~/data-raw`"

NREL PSM v3 contains half-hourly, regularly-gridded, satellite-derived irradiance and other meteorological parameters.

A .csv file, or .csv files if length(lat) > 1, saved into your intended directory

D. Yang

Manajit Sengupta, Yu Xie, Anthony Lopez, Aron Habte, Galen Maclaurin, and James Shelby, The National Solar Radiation Data Base (NSRDB), Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Volume 89, 2018, Pages 51-60, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2018.03.003.

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