[Bldg-sim] Where can I get a description of the weather file?

[Gearoid White]

Hi Jiao,

If you go into auxiliary programs in the documentation folder in your
EnergyPlus install, on page 15/16 there is a discription of all the
variables in the weather file.

Gearoid.

On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 6:12 AM, CleanTech Analytics <
jeremiah at cleantechanalytics.com> wrote:

> Jiao,
> I can not at the moment locate the header I had created for this process,
> but have figured out the answer in the past. I had inconsistent wind data,
> so created my own weather files using the process below. I seem to remember
> finding the process of saving as text, then saving as csv cleared things up
> a bit.. Hope this is sorta useful, and I will try to search an old computer
> for the excel file that I made..
>
> *Custom EPW
>
>    1. Download closest EPW file
>    2. Run and export INMBY
>    3. Use weather file converter change EPW to CSV
>    4. Open CSV in Notepad ++
>    5. Remove header
>    6. Save as text file
>    7. Open in excel as comma delimited
>    8. Cut wind column, and place into custom excel sheet for editing this
>    file type
>    9. Change all hours of the year by month to INMBY extrapolated data
>    that have monthly averages over cut in speed.
>    10. Export as CSV that says nameEPW.CSV
>    11. Open EPW.CSV with notepad++
>    12. Replace header with custom header
>    13. Save as EPW.CSV
>    14. Open in weather converter, convert to EPW
>    15. Open new EPW file in weather file converter and generate stat file
>    16. Save .STAT file, and .EPW file with same name, and place in same
>    folder
>    17. Open weather file in EP launch
>    18. Open IDF design conditions file in IDF editor, replace data in
>    Windspire.IDF with design conditions from Weather file converter GENERATED
>    idf
>    19. Edit IDF in text editor, to reflect the location
>    20. Run simulation.
>
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> On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 8:37 PM, Jiao, Joey <Joey.Jiao at wspgroup.com.cn>wrote:
>
>> Hi, everyone:****
>>
>> Below is an illustration of a EPW weather file, I’m trying very hard to
>> find out the description of each row. ****
>>
>> The main information I searched is :****
>>
>> **1.       **The wind speed reference height. ****
>>
>> **2.       **Every rows’ meaning.****
>>
>> **3.       **Other numbers’ meaning.****
>>
>> Someone told me that Energy Plus ‘s help files should include theses
>> information , I real find some climate information , but no detail enough.
>> ****
>>
>> Could anyone take some light on this ?****
>>
>> Any suggestion should be appreciated. ****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> Thank you very much. ****
>>
>> Joey****
>>
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