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Solar Irradiation Values at Night

steffan.evans

June 08, 2022 14:24

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Hi there,

I was looking at the solar irradiation values using the following query and was surprised by the high values overnight which don't appear to be correct.

Also, the maxStations = 3 parameter does not appear to have any influence over the result.

Thanks

https://weather.visualcrossing.com/VisualCrossingWebServices/rest/services/timeline/abingdon/2022-01-01/2022-01-02?unitGroup=uk&include=hours&key=[YOUR_KEY]&maxStations=3&contentType=csv

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  Support Agent June 30, 2022 04:20 Official comment

  Thank you for you question. We have created a support ticket and  escalated this to our data team to review. If we have any questions, we will contact you via the support ticket. Once we have received the feedback from our data team, we will update the ticket and this thread. 

  Regards

  Visual Crossing Support

   

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  Support Agent June 09, 2022 14:19

  Hi Steffan,

  We analyzed the results and have determined that a station was reporting bad data that was not caught by our automated system.  We have removed the station from the database, and we will monitor it for future usage.   

  Thank you for your report, we have credited your account with an additional 5,000 credits.

   

  Regards,

  VC Technical Support

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  steffan.evans June 29, 2022 10:35

  
  Hi there,

  I think I have come across some more locations where the solar irradiation values do not perfectly match what I would normally expect. I have attached a URL and a plot for each of the datasets.

  https://weather.visualcrossing.com/VisualCrossingWebServices/rest/services/timeline/Hall Green,Birmingham/2021-04-01/2022-06-28?unitGroup=metric&include=hours&key=<YOUR_KEY>&maxStations=3&contentType=csv'

  https://weather.visualcrossing.com/VisualCrossingWebServices/rest/services/timeline/Northgate Street%2C Bath/2021-04-01/2022-06-28?unitGroup=metric&include=hours&key=<YOUR_KEY>&maxStations=3&contentType=csv

  https://weather.visualcrossing.com/VisualCrossingWebServices/rest/services/timeline/Cirencester%2C Gloucestershire/2021-04-01/2022-06-28?unitGroup=metric&include=hours&key=<YOUR_KEY>&maxStations=3&contentType=csv

  https://weather.visualcrossing.com/VisualCrossingWebServices/rest/services/timeline/Alcester%2C Warwickshire/2021-04-01/2022-06-28?unitGroup=metric&include=hours&key=<YOUR_KEY>&maxStations=3&contentType=csv

  https://weather.visualcrossing.com/VisualCrossingWebServices/rest/services/timeline/Suffolk%2CUK/2021-04-01/2022-06-28?unitGroup=metric&include=hours&key=<YOUR_KEY>&maxStations=3&contentType=csv

  https://weather.visualcrossing.com/VisualCrossingWebServices/rest/services/timeline/Warminster%2CWiltshire/2021-04-01/2022-06-28?unitGroup=metric&include=hours&key=<YOUR_KEY>&maxStations=3&contentType=csv

  https://weather.visualcrossing.com/VisualCrossingWebServices/rest/services/timeline/53.37416782342896%2C -2.187358923699419/2021-04-01/2022-06-28?unitGroup=metric&include=hours&key=<YOUR_KEY>&maxStations=3&contentType=csv

  Thanks