AWS810 Solar Edition measurements - Xweather Protect, Xweather Optimize, Xweather Observe

Xweather Protect, Xweather Optimize, Xweather Observe Measurement Parameters and Calculations

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Product: Xweather Protect, Xweather Optimize, Xweather Observe
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The following tables explain the measurements available in Vaisala cloud from AWS810 Solar Edition.

Pyranometer measurements (MS-80S, MS-80SH, SMP10, SMP12, SPN1, SR30)
Measurement	Parameter name	Measurement name	Unit	Update interval	Reported value	Sampling	Sensor
Global horizontal irradiance (GHI) 1	GLOBAL_HORIZONTAL_IRRADIATION	GHI	W/m²	1 minute	1-minute average	Every 1 second	MS‑80S, MS-80SH,SMP10, SMP12, SR30, SPN1
Global horizontal irradiance (GHI) 2	GLOBAL_HORIZONTAL_IRRADIATION	GHI	W/m²	1 minute	1-minute average	Every 1 second	MS‑80S, MS-80SH, SMP10, SMP12, SR30, SPN1
Reflected global horizontal irradiance (GHI_R)	REFLECTED_HORIZONTAL_IRRADIATION	GHI_R	W/m²	1 minute	1-minute average	Every 1 second	MS‑80S, MS-80SH, SMP10, SMP12, SR30, SPN1
Horizontal albedo (ρH)	ALBEDO	ALBEDO	−	1 minute	1-minute average	Every 1 second	MS‑80S, MS-80SH, SMP10, SMP12, SR30
Plane of array (POA) 1 ¹	PLANE_OF_ARRAY_IRRADIATION	POAI	W/m²	1 minute	1-minute average	Every 1 second	MS‑80S, MS-80SH, SMP10, SMP12, SR30
Plane of array (POA) 2 ¹	PLANE_OF_ARRAY_IRRADIATION	POAI	W/m²	1 minute	1-minute average	Every 1 second	MS‑80S, MS-80SH, SMP10, SMP12, SR30
Rear-side plane of array (POA) 1 ²	REAR_PLANE_OF_ARRAY_IRRADIATION	RPOAI	W/m²	1 minute	1-minute average	Every 1 second	MS‑80S, MS-80SH, SMP10, SMP12, SR30
Rear-side plane of array (POA) 2 ²	REAR_PLANE_OF_ARRAY_IRRADIATION	RPOAI	W/m²	1 minute	1-minute average	Every 1 second	MS‑80S, MS-80SH, SMP10, SMP12, SR30
Rear-side plane of array (POA) 3 ²	REAR_PLANE_OF_ARRAY_IRRADIATION	RPOAI	W/m²	1 minute	1-minute average	Every 1 second	MS‑80S, MS-80SH, SMP10, SMP12, SR30
Diffuse horizontal irradiance (DHI) (Gd)	DIFFUSE_HORIZONTAL_IRRADIATION	DFI	W/m²	1 minute	1-minute average	Every 1 second	SPN1

Tilt angle measurements (MS-80S, MS-80SH, SR30)
Measurement	Parameter name	Measurement name	Unit	Update interval	Reported value	Sampling	Sensor
Tilt angle in x axis	TILT_ANGLE_X	TILT_X	°	1 minute	1-second instant	Every 1 second	MS‑80S, MS-80SH
Tilt angle in y axis	TILT_ANGLE_Y	TILT_Y	°	1 minute	1-second instant	Every 1 second	MS‑80S, MS-80SH
Tilt angle	TILT_ANGLE	TILT_XY	°	1 minute	1-second instant	Every 1 second	SR30

Reference solar cell measurements
Measurement	Parameter name	Measurement name	Unit	Update interval	Reported value	Sampling
Photovoltaic (PV) reference radiation	PV_REFERENCE_IRRADIATION	PV_SR_REF	W/m²	1 minute	1-minute average	Every 1 second

WXT530 series sensor measurements
Measurement	Parameter name	Measurement name	Unit	Update interval	Reported value	Sampling
Wind direction	WIND_DIRECTION	WD	°	1 minute	1‑minute average	In resolution of 250 ms samples
Wind direction, min.	WIND_DIRECTION	WD	°	1 minute	1‑minute minimum	In resolution of 250 ms samples
Wind direction, max.	WIND_DIRECTION	WD	°	1 minute	1‑minute maximum	In resolution of 250 ms samples
Wind speed	WIND_SPEED	WS	m/s	1 minute	1‑minute average	In resolution of 250 ms samples
Wind speed, min.	WIND_SPEED	WS	m/s	1 minute	1‑minute minimum	In resolution of 250 ms samples
Wind speed, max. (gust)	WIND_SPEED	WS	m/s	1 minute	1-minute maximum	12 samples in resolution of 250 ms
Wind gust direction	WIND_GUST_DIRECTION	WGD	°	1 minute	1‑minute average	12 samples in resolution of 250 ms
Air pressure	AIR_PRESSURE	PA	hPa	1 minute	1‑minute average	Every 1 second
Ambient air temperature (T_amb)	AIR_TEMPERATURE	TA	°C	1 minute	1-minute average	Every 1 second
Relative humidity	RELATIVE_HUMIDITY	RH	%RH	1 minute	1-minute average	Every 1 second
Dew point temperature	DEW_POINT_TEMPERATURE	DP	°C	1 minute	1-minute average	Every 1 second
Precipitation intensity	PRECIPITATION_INTENSITY	PRF	mm/h	1 minute	Instant	Every 1 second
Precipitation accumulation	PRECIPITATION_ACCUMULATION	PR	mm	1 minute	24-hour sum since UTC ±00:00	Every 1 second

RG13H measurements
Measurement	Parameter name	Measurement name	Unit	Update interval	Reported value	Sampling
Precipitation accumulation	PRECIPITATION_ACCUMULATION	PR	mm	1 minute	24-hour sum since UTC ±00:00	Every 1 second

PT1000 measurements
Measurement	Parameter name	Measurement name	Unit	Update interval	Reported value	Sampling
Photovoltaic (PV) panel temperature (T_mod) 1	PV_PANEL_TEMPERATURE	PVT	°C	1 minute	1-minute average	Every 10 seconds
Photovoltaic (PV) panel temperature (T_mod) 2	PV_PANEL_TEMPERATURE	PVT	°C	1 minute	1-minute average	Every 10 seconds
Photovoltaic (PV) panel temperature (T_mod) 3	PV_PANEL_TEMPERATURE	PVT	°C	1 minute	1-minute average	Every 10 seconds

DustIQ measurements
Measurement	Parameter name	Measurement name	Unit	Update interval	Reported value	Sampling
Photovoltaic panel temperature	PV_PANEL_TEMPERATURE	BP_TEMP	°C	1 minute	Instant	Every 10 seconds
Photovoltaic panel soiling ratio (SR) 1	PV_PANEL_SOILING_RATIO	SRS1	%	1 minute	Instant	Every 10 seconds
Photovoltaic panel soiling ratio (SR) 2	PV_PANEL_SOILING_RATIO	SRS2	%	1 minute	Instant	Every 10 seconds
Photovoltaic panel transmission loss 1	PV_PANEL_TRANSMISSION_LOSS	TR_LOSS1	%	1 minute	Instant	Every 10 seconds
Photovoltaic panel transmission loss 2	PV_PANEL_TRANSMISSION_LOSS	TR_LOSS2	%	1 minute	Instant	Every 10 seconds

¹ In-plane irradiance (Gi)

² In-plane rear-side irradiance or spectrally matched in-plane rear-side irradiance (Gi / Gi, sp rear).