pvlib
Model comparison tables
SciPy's documentation has this nice table comparing root finding methods:
We should consider including similar tables in cases where pvlib provides semi-interchangeable alternatives, for example models for transposition, decomposition, and module temperature. Spectral mismatch has been previously suggested (comment). The structure/contents of the comparisons tables would depend on the models being compared, but they could (for example) compare:
- transposition: necessary "extra" inputs (airmass, dni_extra, ...) and what POA components are output (horizon, circumsolar, isotropic)
- spectral mismatch: necessary inputs and which cell technologies are directly supported
Where would the tables go in the documentation? They could go at the top of the corresponding API reference page, e.g. here, but I'd rather see them incorporated into new topic-focused User Guide pages along the lines of #1754.
Seems like a good idea to me. I would look for it under "Users Guide" if I knew it existed.
I also think the user guide is the right place. The new subsections created through #2302 would support this.
Could I work on one of these? I'd be happy to do the spectral mismatch one. If there are no takers for the transposition models one, I wouldn't mind working on that afterwards.
I agree with the already mentioned inclusion in the user guide, but for ease of accessing it, the newly created page / section can also be cross-referenced in the submodule page (maybe in some admonition?).
