Mark Mikofski

improve high impact sketch on intro page

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@melissawm suggested in #60 that this might render better: ``` | | 🍎 | ✅ | High Impact, | High Impact, | Low Effort | High Effort | | —...

The term "impairments" may not be the language that attendees prefer to use. For example, some attendees may prefer "hard of hearing" versus "hearing impaired." See: ["How are the terms...

from [slack](https://numfocus.slack.com/archives/C03UM3F85FB/p1674759354471129): > we write a blog and add a banner to the page that its under construction

Linear shade gh1690

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- [x] Closes #1689 - [x] Closes #1690 - [x] I am familiar with the [contributing guidelines](https://pvlib-python.readthedocs.io/en/latest/contributing.html) - [x] Tests added - [x] Updates entries in [`docs/sphinx/source/reference`](https://github.com/pvlib/pvlib-python/blob/main/docs/sphinx/source/reference) for API changes....

implement Tdew to RH conversions

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**Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.** In case weather file doesn't have RH or Pwat, I would like to be able to use Tdew to calculate...

is there still a need for irradiance functions to return OrderDict since Python-3.7 is minimum version?

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**Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.** Python-3.7 is the minimum python. I believe since Python-3ish, all dicts are ordered by default. So do we still need...

NOAA NCDC global summary of the day GSOD for rainfall in iotools

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[NOAA NCDC database of GSOD](https://data.noaa.gov/dataset/dataset/global-surface-summary-of-the-day-gsod) data has daily rainfall that is useful for determining soling rates based on Addie Kimber's dynamic soiling model. There used to be an ftp site,...

`pvlib.irradiance.poa_horizontal_ratio` should be removed

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**Describe the bug** Currently `pvlib.irradiance.poa_horizontal_ratio` is untested according to codecov **To Reproduce** Steps to reproduce the behavior: 1. Go to https://app.codecov.io/gh/pvlib/pvlib-python/blob/main/pvlib/irradiance.py#L259 **Expected behavior** 100% test coverage **Screenshots**  **Versions:** -...

Speed up Brent how-methods in single-diode using Scipy Cython Optimize

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### Problem As described in #968 `singlediode.bishop88_i_from_v()` and `singlediode.bishop88_v_from_i()` can be very slow using how `method=brentq` ### Solution Scipy made changes to access Brent using Cython which can be compiled...

create a static source of broadband AOD for simplified solis and bird models

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**Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.** There are not a lot good sources for AOD that are easy to use. Even the ECMWF MACC model is...