Kevin Anderson

Simplify Numba usage; numba-fy temperature.fuentes

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- [ ] Closes #1060 - [x] I am familiar with the [contributing guidelines](https://pvlib-python.readthedocs.io/en/latest/contributing.html) - [ ] Tests added - [ ] Updates entries to [`docs/sphinx/source/api.rst`](https://github.com/pvlib/pvlib-python/blob/master/docs/sphinx/source/api.rst) for API changes. -...

Add an iotools function to read ECOSTRESS (ASTER) spectral albedo files?

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The ASTER/ECOSTRESS projects provide a library of spectral albedo measurements for many ground surfaces. It can be browsed here (I suggest changing the default group to something other than "lunar"):...

Functions to consider making private

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I noticed we have several functions that don't have pages in our API reference, but are also not private (name doesn't start with `_`): - [pvlib.iotools.midc.format_index](https://github.com/pvlib/pvlib-python/blob/v0.9.5/pvlib/iotools/midc.py#L105) - [pvlib.iotools.midc.format_index_raw](https://github.com/pvlib/pvlib-python/blob/v0.9.5/pvlib/iotools/midc.py#L129) - [pvlib.iotools.srml.format_index](https://github.com/pvlib/pvlib-python/blob/v0.9.5/pvlib/iotools/srml.py#L121)...

Deprecate or better document `Location.tz`

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`Location` objects have a `tz` parameter and corresponding attribute. I think its purpose is confusing; unlike the other `Location` attributes (`latitude`, `longitude`, `altitude`), which get used in the helper methods,...

Extract GeoTIFF metadata/tags in parseData

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**Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.** I am using code like this to construct Leaflet layers from GeoTIFF files: ```javascript fetch(url) .then(response => response.arrayBuffer()) .then(arrayBuffer =>...

Follow up to #489. Some of the example notebooks use text wrapped in `***` for emphasis, which for some reason results in messed up HTML output. Here an example from...

[JOSS] low and variable test coverage when running locally

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This is more of a question than an issue report. When I run the test suite locally and calculate coverage, I get a much lower number than what the CI...

- [x] Closes #1975, closes #2023 - [x] I am familiar with the [contributing guidelines](https://pvlib-python.readthedocs.io/en/latest/contributing.html) - [x] Tests added - ~[ ] Updates entries in [`docs/sphinx/source/reference`](https://github.com/pvlib/pvlib-python/blob/main/docs/sphinx/source/reference) for API changes.~ -...

As mentioned in https://github.com/pvlib/pvlib-python/issues/1975#issuecomment-2087729034, the upcoming release of numpy 2.0 motivates a new pvlib release sooner than the scheduled release in June. Remaining PRs to include: - #2029 * closes...

Python 3.7 not available for macOS v14 in GitHub Actions

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Until recently, `macos-latest` referred to version 12.7.4: https://github.com/pvlib/pvlib-python/actions/runs/8786214399/job/24108552235?pr=2006#step:1:4 Now it refers to version 14.4.1: https://github.com/pvlib/pvlib-python/actions/runs/8880987265/job/24382296170?pr=2022#step:1:4 See also this github blog post regarding macOS 14: https://github.blog/changelog/2024-04-01-macos-14-sonoma-is-generally-available-and-the-latest-macos-runner-image/ The immediate relevance for us...