From c7ebda1c0767756baeb9bb8a230b9a44055c4ede Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Adam R. Jensen" <39184289+AdamRJensen@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2026 14:32:05 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Add min_solar_elevation parameter to plot_shading_heatmap

Added a parameter to filter data based on minimum solar elevation.
---
 src/solarpy/plotting/shading_heatmap.py | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/solarpy/plotting/shading_heatmap.py b/src/solarpy/plotting/shading_heatmap.py
index fb7d143..3923363 100644
--- a/src/solarpy/plotting/shading_heatmap.py
+++ b/src/solarpy/plotting/shading_heatmap.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ def plot_shading_heatmap(
     value: Any,
     solar_azimuth: Any,
     solar_elevation: Any,
+    min_solar_elevation: float = 0.2,
     azimuth_bin_size: float = 1.0,
     elevation_bin_size: float = 1.0,
     encoding: Callable[[np.ndarray], float] | str = "max",
@@ -47,6 +48,9 @@ def plot_shading_heatmap(
     solar_elevation : array-like of float
         Solar elevation angle in degrees (0–90 above the horizon). Must
         be the same length as *value*.
+    min_solar_elevation : array-like of float
+        Minimum solar elevation angle in degrees for which to use data
+        for. Default is ``0.2``.
     azimuth_bin_size : float, optional
         Width of each azimuth bin in degrees. Default is ``1.0``.
     elevation_bin_size : float, optional
@@ -127,7 +131,7 @@ def plot_shading_heatmap(
     solar_elevation = np.asarray(solar_elevation, dtype=float)
 
     # Discard sub-horizon data and non-finite values (nan and inf)
-    above_and_finite = (solar_elevation >= 0) & np.isfinite(value)
+    above_and_finite = (solar_elevation >= min_solar_elevation) & np.isfinite(value)
     value = value[above_and_finite]
     solar_azimuth = solar_azimuth[above_and_finite]
     solar_elevation = solar_elevation[above_and_finite]

From 315e142c9359fd94d1b5f10f6c8c3ffafca7f304 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Adam R. Jensen" <39184289+AdamRJensen@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2026 14:35:08 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Update default limit to 0.5

Co-authored-by: Adam R. Jensen <39184289+AdamRJensen@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 src/solarpy/plotting/shading_heatmap.py | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/solarpy/plotting/shading_heatmap.py b/src/solarpy/plotting/shading_heatmap.py
index 3923363..ef1320d 100644
--- a/src/solarpy/plotting/shading_heatmap.py
+++ b/src/solarpy/plotting/shading_heatmap.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ def plot_shading_heatmap(
     value: Any,
     solar_azimuth: Any,
     solar_elevation: Any,
-    min_solar_elevation: float = 0.2,
+    min_solar_elevation: float = 0.5,
     azimuth_bin_size: float = 1.0,
     elevation_bin_size: float = 1.0,
     encoding: Callable[[np.ndarray], float] | str = "max",
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ def plot_shading_heatmap(
         be the same length as *value*.
     min_solar_elevation : array-like of float
         Minimum solar elevation angle in degrees for which to use data
-        for. Default is ``0.2``.
+        for. Default is ``0.5``.
     azimuth_bin_size : float, optional
         Width of each azimuth bin in degrees. Default is ``1.0``.
     elevation_bin_size : float, optional