pySMARTS: SMARTS Python Wrapper (Simple Model of the Atmospheric Radiative Transfer of Sunshine)

Software · Mon Feb 24 00:00:00 EST 2020

DOI:https://doi.org/10.11578/dc.20210816.1· OSTI ID:code-62140 · Code ID:62140

Ayala Pelaez, Silvana ^[1]; Deline, Christopher ^[1]

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1. National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

The pySMARTS module contains functions for calling SMARTS: Simple Model of the Atmospheric Radiative Transfer of Sunshine, from NREL, developed by Dr. Christian Gueymard. SMARTS software can be obtained from: https://www.nrel.gov/grid/solar-resource/smarts.html Users will be responsible to obtain a copy of SMARTS from NREL, honor it's license, and download the SMART files into their PVLib folder. This wrapper is shared under a BSD-3-Clause License, and was originally coded in Matlab by Juan Russo (2001), updated and ported to python by Silvana Ayala (2019-2020).

• Short Name / Acronym: pySMARTS
• Site Accession Number: SWR-20-39
• Software Type: Scientific
• License(s): BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License
• Programming Language(s): Python
• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Solar Energy Technologies Office

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  Primary Award/Contract Number:

  AC36-08GO28308
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-08GO28308
• Code ID: 62140
• OSTI ID: code-62140
• Country of Origin: United States