Installation Steps¶

Developers - To get the latest version of the code, you can download the repository from github or clone the project in a local directory using git:

git clone https://github.com/polymtl-bee/surfrad.git

Once BemSolar is copied to a local directory, you need to download surfrad data from the NOAA (National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration)

How to Download raw data¶

Head to the SURFRAD (Surface Radiation) Network website and click on the Data Download (FTP) link or use your favortie FTP client such as Transmit. Optionaly, enter the remote path like image below.

transmit connection window