Repository: pvlib/pvlib-python (python)

Issue:
adopt NEP-29
**Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.**
the travis-ci test fails for #823 because the minimum NumPy version for py35-min is version 1.10.4 - the `np.roll()` function used was updated to allow multiple axes in NumPy-1.12

**Describe the solution you'd like**
[NEP-29](https://numpy.org/neps/nep-0029-deprecation_policy.html) is a proposal by maintainers of IPython, Matplotlib, SciPy, and NumPy that proposes the support window for Python and Numpy.

TL;DR: in the immediate future, drop support for Python-3.5 and Numpy<1.14

**Describe alternatives you've considered**
- statically create the 3 rotation matrices, removing the use of `np.roll` completely
- use the pre-NumPy-1.12 version of `np.roll`

**Additional context**
Since many other major packages that are used by pvlib are conforming to NEP-29, it makes a lot of sense for pvlib to also conform.

Pull request description:
update to numpy-1.12.0
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 - [x] Closes #828
 - [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.
 - [x] Adds description and name entries in the appropriate "what's new" file in [`docs/sphinx/source/whatsnew`](https://github.com/pvlib/pvlib-python/tree/master/docs/sphinx/source/whatsnew) for all changes. Includes link to the GitHub Issue with `` :issue:`num` `` or this Pull Request with `` :pull:`num` ``. Includes contributor name and/or GitHub username (link with `` :ghuser:`user` ``).
 - [ ] New code is fully documented. Includes [numpydoc](https://numpydoc.readthedocs.io/en/latest/format.html) compliant docstrings, examples, and comments where necessary.
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update to numpy-1.12.0


Patch:
diff --git a/ci/requirements-py35-min.yml b/ci/requirements-py35-min.yml
index 3250834..fc39936 100644
--- a/ci/requirements-py35-min.yml
+++ b/ci/requirements-py35-min.yml
@@ -13,5 +13,5 @@ dependencies:
     - pytz
     - requests
     - pip:
-        - numpy==1.10.4
+        - numpy==1.12.0
         - pandas==0.18.1
diff --git a/docs/sphinx/source/api.rst b/docs/sphinx/source/api.rst
index b9c7a82..002e694 100644
--- a/docs/sphinx/source/api.rst
+++ b/docs/sphinx/source/api.rst
@@ -233,6 +233,7 @@ PV temperature models
    temperature.sapm_cell
    temperature.sapm_module
    temperature.pvsyst_cell
+   temperature.faiman
 
 Single diode models
 -------------------
@@ -376,6 +377,7 @@ in some files.
    :toctree: generated/
 
    location.Location.from_tmy
+   location.Location.from_epw
 
 
 TMY
diff --git a/docs/sphinx/source/whatsnew/v0.7.0.rst b/docs/sphinx/source/whatsnew/v0.7.0.rst
index 6de109c..0d9fa02 100644
--- a/docs/sphinx/source/whatsnew/v0.7.0.rst
+++ b/docs/sphinx/source/whatsnew/v0.7.0.rst
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ recommend all users of v0.6.3 upgrade to this release after checking API
 compatibility notes.
 
 **Python 2.7 support ended on June 1, 2019.** (:issue:`501`)
-**Minimum numpy version is now 1.10.4. Minimum pandas version is now 0.18.1.**
+**Minimum numpy version is now 1.12.0. Minimum pandas version is now 0.18.1.** (:issue:`830`, :issue:`748`)
 
 API Breaking Changes
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ API Changes with Deprecations
       - `temperature.sapm_cell` returns only the cell temperature, whereas the
          old `pvsystem.sapm_celltemp` returned a `DataFrame` with both cell and module temperatures.
       - Created `temperature.sapm_module` to return module temperature using the SAPM temperature model.
-      - Changed the order of arguments for`pvsystem.sapm_celltemp`,
+      - Changed the order of arguments for `pvsystem.sapm_celltemp`,
         `pvsystem.pvsyst_celltemp` and `PVSystem.sapm_celltemp` to be consistent
         among cell temperature model functions.
       - Removed `model` as a kwarg from `temperature.sapm_cell` and
@@ -119,8 +119,12 @@ Other API Changes
 
 Enhancements
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~
+* Created one new temperature model function:
+  :py:func:`pvlib.temperature.faiman`. (:issue:`750`)
 * Created two new incidence angle modifier (IAM) functions:
   :py:func:`pvlib.iam.martin_ruiz` and :py:func:`pvlib.iam.interp`. (:issue:`751`)
+* Created one new incidence angle modifier (IAM) function for diffuse irradiance:
+  :py:func:`pvlib.iam.martin_ruiz_diffuse`. (:issue:`751`)
 * Add the `martin_ruiz` IAM function as an option for `ModelChain.aoi_model`.
 * Updated the file for module parameters for the CEC model, from the SAM file
   dated 2017-6-5 to the SAM file dated 2019-03-05. (:issue:`761`)
@@ -138,8 +142,8 @@ Enhancements
 * Add `timeout` to :py:func:`pvlib.iotools.get_psm3`.
 * Add :py:func:`~pvlib.scaling.wvm`, a port of the wavelet variability model for
   computing reductions in variability due to a spatially distributed plant.
-* Created one new incidence angle modifier (IAM) function for diffuse irradiance:
-  :py:func:`pvlib.iam.martin_ruiz_diffuse`. (:issue:`751`)
+* Add :py:meth:`~pvlib.location.Location.from_epw`, a method to create a Location
+  object from epw metadata, typically coming from `pvlib.iotools.epw.read_epw`.
 
 Bug fixes
 ~~~~~~~~~
@@ -187,6 +191,11 @@ Removal of prior version deprecations
 * Removed `ModelChain.singlediode` method.
 * Removed `ModelChain.prepare_inputs` clearsky assumption when no irradiance
   data was provided.
+  
+Requirements
+~~~~~~~~~~~~
+* numpy minimum increased to v1.12.0, released in 2017. (:issue:`830`)
+* pandas minimum increased to v1.18.1, released in 2016. (:issue:`748`)
 
 Contributors
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -202,3 +211,4 @@ Contributors
 * Joseph Ranalli (:ghuser:`jranalli`)
 * Tony Lorenzo (:ghuser:`alorenzo175`)
 * Todd Karin (:ghuser:`toddkarin`)
+* Mark Mikofski (:ghuser:`mikofski`)
diff --git a/pvlib/iotools/tmy.py b/pvlib/iotools/tmy.py
index f17908f..767e18f 100644
--- a/pvlib/iotools/tmy.py
+++ b/pvlib/iotools/tmy.py
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ def read_tmy3(filename=None, coerce_year=None, recolumn=True):
     TMYData.ZenithlumUncertainty        Uncertainty based on random and bias error estimates                        see [1] section 2.10
     TMYData.TotCld                      Amount of sky dome covered by clouds or obscuring phenonema at time stamp, tenths of sky
     TMYData.TotCldSource                See [1], Table 1-5, 8760x1 cell array of strings
-    TMYData.TotCldUnertainty            See [1], Table 1-6
+    TMYData.TotCldUncertainty           See [1], Table 1-6
     TMYData.OpqCld                      Amount of sky dome covered by clouds or obscuring phenonema that prevent observing the sky at time stamp, tenths of sky
     TMYData.OpqCldSource                See [1], Table 1-5, 8760x1 cell array of strings
     TMYData.OpqCldUncertainty           See [1], Table 1-6
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ def _recolumn(tmy3_dataframe):
         'DNillum', 'DNillumSource', 'DNillumUncertainty', 'DHillum',
         'DHillumSource', 'DHillumUncertainty', 'Zenithlum',
         'ZenithlumSource', 'ZenithlumUncertainty', 'TotCld', 'TotCldSource',
-        'TotCldUnertainty', 'OpqCld', 'OpqCldSource', 'OpqCldUncertainty',
+        'TotCldUncertainty', 'OpqCld', 'OpqCldSource', 'OpqCldUncertainty',
         'DryBulb', 'DryBulbSource', 'DryBulbUncertainty', 'DewPoint',
         'DewPointSource', 'DewPointUncertainty', 'RHum', 'RHumSource',
         'RHumUncertainty', 'Pressure', 'PressureSource',
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ def read_tmy2(filename):
     ZenithlumUncertainty            See [1], Table 3-4
     TotCld                          Amount of sky dome covered by clouds or obscuring phenonema at time stamp, tenths of sky
     TotCldSource                    See [1], Table 3-5, 8760x1 cell array of strings
-    TotCldUnertainty                See [1], Table 3-6
+    TotCldUncertainty                See [1], Table 3-6
     OpqCld                          Amount of sky dome covered by clouds or obscuring phenonema that prevent observing the sky at time stamp, tenths of sky
     OpqCldSource                    See [1], Table 3-5, 8760x1 cell array of strings
     OpqCldUncertainty               See [1], Table 3-6
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ def read_tmy2(filename):
 
     # paste in the column info as one long line
     string = '%2d%2d%2d%2d%4d%4d%4d%1s%1d%4d%1s%1d%4d%1s%1d%4d%1s%1d%4d%1s%1d%4d%1s%1d%4d%1s%1d%2d%1s%1d%2d%1s%1d%4d%1s%1d%4d%1s%1d%3d%1s%1d%4d%1s%1d%3d%1s%1d%3d%1s%1d%4d%1s%1d%5d%1s%1d%10d%3d%1s%1d%3d%1s%1d%3d%1s%1d%2d%1s%1d'  # noqa: E501
-    columns = 'year,month,day,hour,ETR,ETRN,GHI,GHISource,GHIUncertainty,DNI,DNISource,DNIUncertainty,DHI,DHISource,DHIUncertainty,GHillum,GHillumSource,GHillumUncertainty,DNillum,DNillumSource,DNillumUncertainty,DHillum,DHillumSource,DHillumUncertainty,Zenithlum,ZenithlumSource,ZenithlumUncertainty,TotCld,TotCldSource,TotCldUnertainty,OpqCld,OpqCldSource,OpqCldUncertainty,DryBulb,DryBulbSource,DryBulbUncertainty,DewPoint,DewPointSource,DewPointUncertainty,RHum,RHumSource,RHumUncertainty,Pressure,PressureSource,PressureUncertainty,Wdir,WdirSource,WdirUncertainty,Wspd,WspdSource,WspdUncertainty,Hvis,HvisSource,HvisUncertainty,CeilHgt,CeilHgtSource,CeilHgtUncertainty,PresentWeather,Pwat,PwatSource,PwatUncertainty,AOD,AODSource,AODUncertainty,SnowDepth,SnowDepthSource,SnowDepthUncertainty,LastSnowfall,LastSnowfallSource,LastSnowfallUncertaint'  # noqa: E501
+    columns = 'year,month,day,hour,ETR,ETRN,GHI,GHISource,GHIUncertainty,DNI,DNISource,DNIUncertainty,DHI,DHISource,DHIUncertainty,GHillum,GHillumSource,GHillumUncertainty,DNillum,DNillumSource,DNillumUncertainty,DHillum,DHillumSource,DHillumUncertainty,Zenithlum,ZenithlumSource,ZenithlumUncertainty,TotCld,TotCldSource,TotCldUncertainty,OpqCld,OpqCldSource,OpqCldUncertainty,DryBulb,DryBulbSource,DryBulbUncertainty,DewPoint,DewPointSource,DewPointUncertainty,RHum,RHumSource,RHumUncertainty,Pressure,PressureSource,PressureUncertainty,Wdir,WdirSource,WdirUncertainty,Wspd,WspdSource,WspdUncertainty,Hvis,HvisSource,HvisUncertainty,CeilHgt,CeilHgtSource,CeilHgtUncertainty,PresentWeather,Pwat,PwatSource,PwatUncertainty,AOD,AODSource,AODUncertainty,SnowDepth,SnowDepthSource,SnowDepthUncertainty,LastSnowfall,LastSnowfallSource,LastSnowfallUncertaint'  # noqa: E501
     hdr_columns = 'WBAN,City,State,TZ,latitude,longitude,altitude'
 
     tmy2, tmy2_meta = _read_tmy2(string, columns, hdr_columns, filename)
diff --git a/pvlib/location.py b/pvlib/location.py
index 68b2062..95029ca 100644
--- a/pvlib/location.py
+++ b/pvlib/location.py
@@ -125,6 +125,42 @@ class Location(object):
         # not sure if this should be assigned regardless of input.
         if tmy_data is not None:
             new_object.tmy_data = tmy_data
+            new_object.weather = tmy_data
+
+        return new_object
+
+    @classmethod
+    def from_epw(cls, metadata, data=None, **kwargs):
+        """
+        Create a Location object based on a metadata
+        dictionary from epw data readers.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        metadata : dict
+            Returned from epw.read_epw
+        data : None or DataFrame, default None
+            Optionally attach the epw data to this object.
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        Location object (or the child class of Location that you
+        called this method from).
+        """
+
+        latitude = metadata['latitude']
+        longitude = metadata['longitude']
+
+        name = metadata['city']
+
+        tz = metadata['TZ']
+        altitude = metadata['altitude']
+
+        new_object = cls(latitude, longitude, tz=tz, altitude=altitude,
+                         name=name, **kwargs)
+
+        if data is not None:
+            new_object.weather = data
 
         return new_object
 
diff --git a/pvlib/temperature.py b/pvlib/temperature.py
index f43d372..326c677 100644
--- a/pvlib/temperature.py
+++ b/pvlib/temperature.py
@@ -269,3 +269,69 @@ def pvsyst_cell(poa_global, temp_air, wind_speed=1.0, u_c=29.0, u_v=0.0,
     heat_input = poa_global * alpha_absorption * (1 - eta_m)
     temp_difference = heat_input / total_loss_factor
     return temp_air + temp_difference
+
+
+def faiman(poa_global, temp_air, wind_speed=1.0, u0=25.0, u1=6.84):
+    '''
+    Calculate cell or module temperature using an empirical heat loss factor
+    model as proposed by Faiman [1] and adopted in the IEC 61853
+    standards [2] and [3].
+
+    Usage of this model in the IEC 61853 standard does not distinguish
+    between cell and module temperature.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    poa_global : numeric
+        Total incident irradiance [W/m^2].
+
+    temp_air : numeric
+        Ambient dry bulb temperature [C].
+
+    wind_speed : numeric, default 1.0
+        Wind speed in m/s measured at the same height for which the wind loss
+        factor was determined.  The default value 1.0 m/s is the wind
+        speed at module height used to determine NOCT. [m/s]
+
+    u0 : numeric, default 25.0
+        Combined heat loss factor coefficient. The default value is one
+        determined by Faiman for 7 silicon modules. [W/(m^2 C)].
+
+    u1 : numeric, default 6.84
+        Combined heat loss factor influenced by wind. The default value is one
+        determined by Faiman for 7 silicon modules. [(W/m^2 C)(m/s)].
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    numeric, values in degrees Celsius
+
+    Notes
+    -----
+    All arguments may be scalars or vectors. If multiple arguments
+    are vectors they must be the same length.
+
+    References
+    ----------
+    [1] Faiman, D. (2008). "Assessing the outdoor operating temperature of
+    photovoltaic modules." Progress in Photovoltaics 16(4): 307-315.
+
+    [2] "IEC 61853-2 Photovoltaic (PV) module performance testing and energy
+    rating - Part 2: Spectral responsivity, incidence angle and module
+    operating temperature measurements". IEC, Geneva, 2018.
+
+    [3] "IEC 61853-3 Photovoltaic (PV) module performance testing and energy
+    rating - Part 3: Energy rating of PV modules". IEC, Geneva, 2018.
+
+    '''
+    # Contributed by Anton Driesse (@adriesse), PV Performance Labs. Dec., 2019
+
+    # The following lines may seem odd since u0 & u1 are probably scalar,
+    # but it serves an indirect and easy way of allowing lists and
+    # tuples for the other function arguments.
+    u0 = np.asanyarray(u0)
+    u1 = np.asanyarray(u1)
+
+    total_loss_factor = u0 + u1 * wind_speed
+    heat_input = poa_global
+    temp_difference = heat_input / total_loss_factor
+    return temp_air + temp_difference
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index a492b69..ca18970 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ AUTHOR = 'pvlib python Developers'
 MAINTAINER_EMAIL = 'holmgren@email.arizona.edu'
 URL = 'https://github.com/pvlib/pvlib-python'
 
-INSTALL_REQUIRES = ['numpy >= 1.10.4',
+INSTALL_REQUIRES = ['numpy >= 1.12.0',
                     'pandas >= 0.18.1',
                     'pytz',
                     'requests']


Test patch:
diff --git a/pvlib/test/test_location.py b/pvlib/test/test_location.py
index db32ac5..d9503ae 100644
--- a/pvlib/test/test_location.py
+++ b/pvlib/test/test_location.py
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ def test_from_tmy_3():
     assert loc.name is not None
     assert loc.altitude != 0
     assert loc.tz != 'UTC'
-    assert_frame_equal(loc.tmy_data, data)
+    assert_frame_equal(loc.weather, data)
 
 
 def test_from_tmy_2():
@@ -229,7 +229,18 @@ def test_from_tmy_2():
     assert loc.name is not None
     assert loc.altitude != 0
     assert loc.tz != 'UTC'
-    assert_frame_equal(loc.tmy_data, data)
+    assert_frame_equal(loc.weather, data)
+
+
+def test_from_epw():
+    from test_epw import epw_testfile
+    from pvlib.iotools import read_epw
+    data, meta = read_epw(epw_testfile)
+    loc = Location.from_epw(meta, data)
+    assert loc.name is not None
+    assert loc.altitude != 0
+    assert loc.tz != 'UTC'
+    assert_frame_equal(loc.weather, data)
 
 
 def test_get_solarposition(expected_solpos, golden_mst):
diff --git a/pvlib/test/test_temperature.py b/pvlib/test/test_temperature.py
index c3112d8..7027c97 100644
--- a/pvlib/test/test_temperature.py
+++ b/pvlib/test/test_temperature.py
@@ -90,6 +90,45 @@ def test_pvsyst_cell_series():
     assert_series_equal(expected, result)
 
 
+def test_faiman_default():
+    result = temperature.faiman(900, 20, 5)
+    assert_allclose(result, 35.203, 0.001)
+
+
+def test_faiman_kwargs():
+    result = temperature.faiman(900, 20, wind_speed=5.0, u0=22.0, u1=6.)
+    assert_allclose(result, 37.308, 0.001)
+
+
+def test_faiman_list():
+    temps = [0, 10, 5]
+    irrads = [0, 500, 0]
+    winds = [10, 5, 0]
+    result = temperature.faiman(irrads, temps, wind_speed=winds)
+    expected = np.array([0.0, 18.446, 5.0])
+    assert_allclose(expected, result, 3)
+
+
+def test_faiman_ndarray():
+    temps = np.array([0, 10, 5])
+    irrads = np.array([0, 500, 0])
+    winds = np.array([10, 5, 0])
+    result = temperature.faiman(irrads, temps, wind_speed=winds)
+    expected = np.array([0.0, 18.446, 5.0])
+    assert_allclose(expected, result, 3)
+
+
+def test_faiman_series():
+    times = pd.date_range(start="2015-01-01", end="2015-01-02", freq="12H")
+    temps = pd.Series([0, 10, 5], index=times)
+    irrads = pd.Series([0, 500, 0], index=times)
+    winds = pd.Series([10, 5, 0], index=times)
+
+    result = temperature.faiman(irrads, temps, wind_speed=winds)
+    expected = pd.Series([0.0, 18.446, 5.0], index=times)
+    assert_series_equal(expected, result)
+
+
 def test__temperature_model_params():
     params = temperature._temperature_model_params('sapm',
                                                    'open_rack_glass_glass')