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Forecast
Soiling Losses

Get Forecast Kimber Losses

Get soiling loss forecasts using the Kimber model for the requested location from the present up to 14 days ahead.

get/data/forecast/soiling/kimber

Query parameters

latitudenumber double required

The latitude of the location (EPSG:4326). Must be between -90 and 90.

longitudenumber double required

The longitude of the location (EPSG:4326). Must be between -180 and 180.

time_zonestring nullable

Timezone to return in data set. Accepted values are utc, longitudinal, or a range from -13 to 13 in 0.25 hour increments for utc offset. Default is utc.

hoursinteger nullable

Time window of the response in hours from 1 to 336. Default is 24.

period'PT5M' | 'PT10M' | 'PT15M' | 'PT20M' | 'PT30M' | 'PT60M' nullable

Length of the averaging period in ISO 8601 duration format. Default is PT30M.

cleaning_thresholdnumber double nullable

Amount of daily rainfall required to clean the panels (mm). Default is 6.0. Accepted range is 0 to 100.

soiling_loss_ratenumber double nullable

Fraction of energy lost due to one day of soiling. Default is 0.0015.

grace_periodinteger nullable

Number of days after a rainfall event when it's assumed the ground is damp (0 to 100). Default is 14 days.

max_soilingnumber double nullable

Maximum fraction of energy lost due to soiling. Soiling will build up until this value (0 to 1). Default is 0.3.

initial_soilingnumber double nullable

Initial fraction of energy lost due to soiling at time zero in the rainfall series input (0 to 1). Default is 0.

manual_wash_datesstring[]

Optional. Default is none. A list of ISO_8601 compliant dates or a repeating interval when manual cleaning of the panels occurred. A list of dates example: [2025-01-01,2025-01-05,2025-01-10]. A repeating interval example: R3/2025-01-01T00:00:00Z/P14D. Wash dates outside of the start and end of the request are discarded.

format'json' | 'csv' nullable

Response format. Default is HTML if not supplied.

Response

OK

forecastsobject[] nullable