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4 changes: 4 additions & 0 deletions docs/sphinx/source/whatsnew/v0.15.3.rst
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Expand Up @@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ Deprecations

Bug fixes
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* Fixed :py:func:`pvlib.soiling.kimber` so that rainfall equal to
``cleaning_threshold`` triggers cleaning, and fixed an off-by-one
error in the grace period window. (:issue:`2796`)


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* Eesh Saxena (:ghuser:`eeshsaxena`)
* Karl Hill (:ghuser:`karlhillx`)
* Yonry Zhu (:ghuser:`yonryzhu`)
* Darshan Gowda (:ghuser:`dgowdaan-cmyk`)
4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions pvlib/soiling.py
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Expand Up @@ -205,10 +205,10 @@ def kimber(rainfall, cleaning_threshold=6, soiling_loss_rate=0.0015,
soiling = pd.Series(soiling, index=rainfall.index, name='soiling')

# rainfall events that clean the panels
rain_events = accumulated_rainfall > cleaning_threshold
rain_events = accumulated_rainfall >= cleaning_threshold

# grace periods windows during which ground is assumed damp, so no soiling
grace_windows = rain_events.rolling(grace_period, closed='right').sum() > 0
grace_windows = rain_events.rolling(grace_period, closed='both').sum() > 0

# clean panels by subtracting soiling for indices in grace period windows
cleaning = pd.Series(float('NaN'), index=rainfall.index)
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