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CreateWeatherDataRequest

Basic Asynchronous Request

Method: POST
URL: https://service.solaranywhere.com/api/v2/WeatherData

Use the example requests below to request irradiance and weather data output fields at your locations of interest. Visit our support center to learn more about our time series, typical year, high resolution and hindcast data sources.

{
  "Sites": [
    {
      "Name": "Sao Paulo",
      "Latitude": -23.565,
      "Longitude": -46.655
    }
  ],
  "Options": {
    "OutputFields": [
      "StartTime",
      "EndTime",
      "GlobalHorizontalIrradiance_WattsPerMeterSquared",
      "DirectNormalIrradiance_WattsPerMeterSquared",
      "DiffuseHorizontalIrradiance_WattsPerMeterSquared",
      "AmbientTemperature_DegreesC",
      "WindSpeed_MetersPerSecond",
      "Albedo_Unitless",
      "DataVersion"
    ],
    "SummaryOutputFields": [],
    "SpatialResolution_Degrees": 0.1,
    "TimeResolution_Minutes": 60,
    "WeatherDataSource": "SolarAnywhereTGYLatest"
  }
}
{
  "Sites": [
    {
      "Name": "Sao Paulo",
      "Latitude": -23.565,
      "Longitude": -46.655
    }
  ],
  "Options": {
    "OutputFields": [
      "StartTime",
      "EndTime",
      "GlobalHorizontalIrradiance_WattsPerMeterSquared",
      "DirectNormalIrradiance_WattsPerMeterSquared",
      "DiffuseHorizontalIrradiance_WattsPerMeterSquared",
      "AmbientTemperature_DegreesC",
      "WindSpeed_MetersPerSecond",
      "Albedo_Unitless",
      "DataVersion"
    ],
    "SummaryOutputFields": [],
    "SpatialResolution_Degrees": 0.01,
    "TimeResolution_Minutes": 60,
    "StartTime": "2020-01-01T00:00:00-08:00",
    "EndTime": "2020-02-01T00:00:00-08:00",
    "WeatherDataSource": "SolarAnywhereLatest",
    "MissingDataHandling": "FillAverage"
  }
}
{
  "Sites": [
    {
      "Name": "El Paso",
      "Latitude": 31.775,
      "Longitude": -106.485
    }
  ],
  "Options": {
    "OutputFields": [
      "StartTime",
      "EndTime",
      "GlobalHorizontalIrradiance_WattsPerMeterSquared",
      "DirectNormalIrradiance_WattsPerMeterSquared",
      "DiffuseHorizontalIrradiance_WattsPerMeterSquared",
      "AmbientTemperature_DegreesC",
      "WindSpeed_MetersPerSecond",
      "Albedo_Unitless",
      "DataVersion"
    ],
    "SummaryOutputFields": [],
    "SpatialResolution_Degrees": 0.005,
    "TimeResolution_Minutes": 5,
     "ApplyTrueDynamics": true,
    "StartTime": "2020-01-01T00:00:00-08:00",
    "EndTime": "2020-02-01T00:00:00-08:00",
    "WeatherDataSource": "SolarAnywhereLatest",
    "MissingDataHandling": "FillAverage"
  }
}
{
  "Sites": [
    {
      "Name": "El Paso",
      "Latitude": 31.775,
      "Longitude": -106.485
    }
  ],
  "Options": {
    "OutputFields": [
      "StartTime",
      "EndTime",
      "GlobalHorizontalIrradiance_WattsPerMeterSquared",
      "DirectNormalIrradiance_WattsPerMeterSquared",
      "DiffuseHorizontalIrradiance_WattsPerMeterSquared",
      "AmbientTemperature_DegreesC"
    ],
    "SpatialResolution_Degrees": 0.01,
    "TimeResolution_Minutes": 60,
    "StartTime": "2022-01-21T00:00:00-07:00",
    "EndTime": "2022-02-28T00:00:00-07:00",
    "WeatherDataSource": "SolarAnywhereHindcast",
    "ForecastHorizon_Hours": 24
  }
}
<CreateWeatherDataRequest xmlns="http://service.solaranywhere.com/api/v2">
 <Sites>
  <Site Name="Sao Paulo" Latitude="-23.565" Longitude="-46.655" />
 </Sites>
 <Options
 WeatherDataSource="SolarAnywhereTGYLatest"
 SpatialResolution_Degrees="0.1"
 TimeResolution_Minutes="60"
 OutputFields="StartTime,EndTime,GlobalHorizontalIrradiance_WattsPerMeterSquared,
 DirectNormalIrradiance_WattsPerMeterSquared,DiffuseHorizontalIrradiance_WattsPerMeterSquared,
 AmbientTemperature_DegreesC,WindSpeed_MetersPerSecond,Albedo_Unitless,DataVersion"/>
</CreateWeatherDataRequest>
<CreateWeatherDataRequest xmlns="http://service.solaranywhere.com/api/v2">
 <Sites>
  <Site Name="Sao Paulo" Latitude="-23.565" Longitude="-46.655" />
 </Sites>
 <Options
 WeatherDataSource="SolarAnywhereLatest"
 StartTime="2020-01-01T00:00:00-08:00"
 EndTime="2020-02-01T00:00:00-08:00"
 SpatialResolution_Degrees="0.01"
 TimeResolution_Minutes="60"
 MissingDataHandling="FillAverage"
 OutputFields="StartTime,EndTime,GlobalHorizontalIrradiance_WattsPerMeterSquared,
 DirectNormalIrradiance_WattsPerMeterSquared,DiffuseHorizontalIrradiance_WattsPerMeterSquared,
 AmbientTemperature_DegreesC,WindSpeed_MetersPerSecond,Albedo_Unitless,DataVersion"/>
</CreateWeatherDataRequest>
<CreateWeatherDataRequest xmlns="http://service.solaranywhere.com/api/v2">
 <Sites>
  <Site Name="El Paso" Latitude="31.775" Longitude="-106.485" />
 </Sites>
 <Options
 WeatherDataSource="SolarAnywhereLatest"
 StartTime="2020-01-01T00:00:00-08:00"
 EndTime="2020-02-01T00:00:00-08:00"
 SpatialResolution_Degrees="0.005"
 TimeResolution_Minutes="5"
 ApplyTrueDynamics="true"
 MissingDataHandling="FillAverage"
 OutputFields="StartTime,EndTime,GlobalHorizontalIrradiance_WattsPerMeterSquared,
 DirectNormalIrradiance_WattsPerMeterSquared,DiffuseHorizontalIrradiance_WattsPerMeterSquared,
 AmbientTemperature_DegreesC,WindSpeed_MetersPerSecond,Albedo_Unitless,DataVersion"/>
</CreateWeatherDataRequest>
<CreateWeatherDataRequest xmlns="http://service.solaranywhere.com/api/v2">
 <Sites>
	 <Site Name="El Paso" Latitude="31.775" Longitude="-106.485" />
 </Sites>
 <Options
 WeatherDataSource="SolarAnywhereHindcast"
 SpatialResolution_Degrees="0.01"
 TimeResolution_Minutes="60"
 StartTime="2020-01-01T00:00:00-07:00"
 EndTime="2022-01-01T00:00:00-07:00"
 ForecastHorizon_Hours= "24"
 OutputFields="StartTime,EndTime,GlobalHorizontalIrradiance_WattsPerMeterSquared, 
DirectNormalIrradiance_WattsPerMeterSquared,DiffuseHorizontalIrradiance_WattsPerMeterSquared,AmbientTemperature_DegreesC"/>
</CreateWeatherDataRequest>