Value columns - cols๏ƒ

value (number) [edit] ๐Ÿ–‰:

This column is primarily to support long-form IAMC time-series.

capacity_factor (number) [edit] ๐Ÿ–‰:

constraints:

minimum

0

maximum

1

description (string) [edit] ๐Ÿ–‰:

A human readable description, typically corresponding to an index column

name (string) [edit] ๐Ÿ–‰:

flow_in (number) [edit] ๐Ÿ–‰:

constraints:

minimum

0

storage_capacity (number) [edit] ๐Ÿ–‰:

The energy or power storage capacity of a technology, e.g. of a battery or a hydro dam.

constraints:

minimum

0

nameplate_capacity (number) [edit] ๐Ÿ–‰:

The nameplate capacity of a technology, for example, the power generation capacity of a power plant in MW.

constraints:

minimum

0

Common aliases:

energy_cap

Calliope

flow_out (number) [edit] ๐Ÿ–‰:

constraints:

minimum

0

Index columns - idxcols๏ƒ

scenario (string) [edit] ๐Ÿ–‰:

The scenario under which this data was generated. This index column is primarily to IAMC time-series.

constraints:

enum

โ€ฆ

model (string) [edit] ๐Ÿ–‰:

The model that generated this data. This index column is primarily to support IAMC time-series.

constraints:

enum

โ€ฆ

year (year) [edit] ๐Ÿ–‰: Data year

This index column is primarily to support long-form IAMC time-series.

carrier (string) [edit] ๐Ÿ–‰:

An energy carrier or commodity that can be produced, consumed, stored, and transported. This could be โ€œelectricityโ€, โ€œheatโ€, or something more tangible such as โ€œwoody_biomassโ€, or more abstract such as โ€œperson_kilometersโ€ when modelling transportation.

constraints:

enum

โ€ฆ

timestep (datetime) [edit] ๐Ÿ–‰:

unit (string) [edit] ๐Ÿ–‰:

This column is used to fill in the โ€œunitโ€ column when converting a data package to the IAMC format.

constraints:

enum

โ€ฆ

technology (string) [edit] ๐Ÿ–‰:

Descriptor or name of the technology.

constraints:

enum

โ€ฆ

Common aliases:

tech

Calliope

variable (string) [edit] ๐Ÿ–‰: An IAMC variable

Denote the semi-hierarchical variable that the data represents. It is in the format Category|Subcategory|Specification; for more, see: https://pyam-iamc.readthedocs.io/en/stable/data.html

constraints:

pattern

^[0-9a-zA-Z_ |-]+$

region (string) [edit] ๐Ÿ–‰:

The region the data corresponds to. This index column is needed when converting a data package to the IAMC format.

constraints:

enum

โ€ฆ

Common aliases:

node

Calliope 0.7 and above

loc

Calliope 0.6 and lower