http://www.michler-fischer.privat.t-online.de/Bulletin68_83_94.pdf (from Switzerland, unfortunately in german)
tke...@gmail.com schrieb am Montag, 21. Dezember 2020 um 19:53:14 UTC+1: > Selection of the algorithm is in there --- just not documented. (I often > do that with configurations that are not quite settled.) > > Here's the default. It will be documented in V4.3. > > [StdWXCalculate] > [[WXXTypes]] > [[[maxSolarRad]]] > algorithm = rs > atc = 0.8 > nfac = 2 > > Adjust as you please. > > -tk > > On Mon, Dec 21, 2020 at 10:47 AM Karen K <kk44...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> First, I see 2 different formulas in WeeWX. Additionally there is a >> factor that can be between 0.7 and 0.91. It may be an idea to adjust those >> values. (But in the moment I found no place to put "atc" and >> "maxSolarRad_algo" into weewx.conf. >> >> tke...@gmail.com schrieb am Montag, 21. Dezember 2020 um 19:38:30 UTC+1: >> >>> Well, if someone has a better source for calculating maximum solar >>> radiation, that matches the radiation spectrum of popular sensors, I'm all >>> ears. >>> >>> On Mon, Dec 21, 2020 at 8:19 AM t...@tom.org <t...@tom.org> wrote: >>> >>>> kk, glad you corroborated my observations. I am no expert in this for >>>> sure. I am just tired of all of the comments I get from visitors to the >>>> website about how my readings exceed theoretical max. I could remove the >>>> max, but that doesn't seem fun. >>>> >>>> I do not have the expertise to validate the way weewx calculates it nor >>>> am I even competent in Python, but for those who may, here is a link to >>>> the >>>> code: >>>> >>>> >>>> https://github.com/weewx/weewx/blob/d91635f3bc429f906d1f084c6a6bc8ee09fa1a27/bin/weewx/wxformulas.py#L332 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 1:26:31 PM UTC-5 kk44...@gmail.com >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I found that thread interesting, so I added the column "maxSolarRad", >>>>> too. >>>>> >>>>> [image: dayradiation.png] >>>>> Readings of the console and the WeatherLinkLive device are quite the >>>>> same. And the readings of "radiation" are higher than "maxSolarRad". The >>>>> values I upload to the local weather network are well in the range of >>>>> other >>>>> stations nearby. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Greg Troxel schrieb am Sonntag, 20. Dezember 2020 um 17:58:01 UTC+1: >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Greg Troxel <g...@lexort.com> writes: >>>>>> >>>>>> > Can someone share how to add maxSolarRad (when it is in the db) to >>>>>> the >>>>>> > graphs for the traditional skin? Can I graph radiation, max >>>>>> (observed), >>>>>> > and theory all at once, having three? >>>>>> >>>>>> The answer is to just add it and label it; it comes out in green >>>>>> after >>>>>> radiation in blue and max in red. Pro Tip: add it after >>>>>> radiation_max, >>>>>> which is the max of local observations, and don't stick the line >>>>>> after >>>>>> the radiation_max header and the 4 lines defining how max should be. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> [[[dayradiation]]] >>>>>> [[[[radiation]]]] >>>>>> [[[[radiation_max]]]] >>>>>> data_type = radiation >>>>>> aggregate_type = max >>>>>> aggregate_interval = 3600 >>>>>> label = max >>>>>> [[[[maxSolarRad]]]] >>>>>> label = theory >>>>>> >>>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "weewx-user" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to weewx-user+...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/8b44e185-9f77-4cfd-b024-a7df7f79b617n%40googlegroups.com >>>> >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/8b44e185-9f77-4cfd-b024-a7df7f79b617n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>> . >>>> >>> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "weewx-user" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to weewx-user+...@googlegroups.com. >> > To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/bddae2eb-83d0-48f6-a4ae-7b996a49fe45n%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/bddae2eb-83d0-48f6-a4ae-7b996a49fe45n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to weewx-user+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/e24504ba-65bb-402c-b12c-e3a10eed5429n%40googlegroups.com.