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Re: [EnergyPlus_Support] When Weather Data isn't Available on the EnergyPlus web site

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Subject: Re: [EnergyPlus_Support] When Weather Data isn't Available on the EnergyPlus web site
From: "Joe Huang" <yjhuang@xxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2004 23:01:06 -0800
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I have a hourly weather file with measured solar for Kuwait dating from the
late 80's.  I have converted it from DOE-2 *.FMT  to the EnergyPlus *.EPW
format, and have sent it to Dru Crawley, who will  put on the EnergyPlus web
page shortly.

Joe Huang

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "shital soni" <utopian_arch@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2004 6:07 AM
Subject: Re: [EnergyPlus_Support] When Weather Data isn't Available on the
EnergyPlus web site


>
> It will be very useful .
> I would like data for Kuwait, is it available on any site ohter than this?
> Please also tell me how to use meteonorm to try and create it myself.
> Thanks a bunch.
> Shital Soni
> Student at Cardiff University
> MSc Environmental Design of Buildings
>
> mby <bojic@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> It is intersting initiative. Can you make data for
> Kragujevac, Yugoslavia.
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Best regards
> Prof. Milorad Bojic
> University of Kragujevac
> Serbia and Montenegro
> --- Drury.Crawley@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> > Over the last few years, a number of users have
> > needed
> > weather data to use with EnergyPlus where we don't
> > have
> > measured data (on the EnergyPlus web site). When
> > possible,
> > we have created weather data using the Meteonorm
> > software.
> > Meteonorm extrapolates hourly data from statistical
> > data
> > for a location. Where statistical data aren't
> > available,
> > Meteonorm interpolates from other nearby sites.
> > Generally
> > a statistical approach is a last resort--weather
> > files
> > generated from statistics will not demonstrate the
> > normal
> > hour-to-hour and day-to-day variability seen in
> > measured data.
> >
> > Having stated all those warnings, we have just
> > posted the weather
> > files that we have generated from Meteonorm on the
> > EnergyPlus
> > Support YahooGroups web page
> >
>
(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EnergyPlus_Support/files/Meteonorm_Weather_Fi
les/
> >  ).
> >
> >
> > Each .ZIP includes a .STAT (EnergyPlus weather data
> > statistics),
> > .EPW (EnergyPlus weather file), and .INFO
> > (Information about
> > the source data and limitations from Meteonorm).
> >
> > IN ALL CASES, YOU SHOULD REVIEW THE .STAT FILE FOR
> > THE LOCATION
> > BEFORE USING ANY OF THESE FILES TO ENSURE THAT IT
> > REPRESENTS
> > THE CLIMATE OF THE LOCATION AS YOU UNDERSTAND IT. IN
> > MANY CASES,
> > A NEARBY LOCATION WITH MEASURED DATA WILL BE MORE
> > APPROPRIATE THAN
> > ONE DERIVED FROM STATISTICS. USE THESE FILES AT YOUR
> > OWN RISK.
> >
> > The following locations are now available:
> >
> >    BRA_Rio.de.Janeiro_MN5
> >    ETH_Addis.Ababa_MN5
> >    HKG_Hong.Kong_MN5
> >    HRV_Zagreb-Pleso_MN5
> >    IRQ_Baghdad_MN5
> >    IRQ_Basra_MN5
> >    IRQ_Mosul_MN5
> >    MEX_Monterrey.Ciudad_MN5
> >    MEX_Monterrey.International.Airport_MN5
> >    MLI_Bamako-Senou_MN5
> >    NPL_Kathmandu_MN5
> >    PAK_Hyderabad_MN5
> >    PRT_Lisbon-Gago.Coutinh_MN5
> >    PRT_Lisbon-Portela_MN5
> >    SLE_Freetown_MN5
> >    USA_NM_Santa.Fe_MN5
> >    YUG_Novi.Sad_MN5
> >
> > Please note... Meteotest significantly updated the
> > wind and
> > other calculations [hourly wind direction in TMY2
> > (which we
> > use) was constant... the update makes them
> > variable].
> > If you received a file from the team before early
> > December 2004,
> > we strongly recommend that you download the new
> > file.
> >
> > We are working on getting data for another 200
> > locations
> > over the next few months--targets include Italy (60+
> > files),
> > Brazil, Ghana, Kenya, Ethiopia, Nepal, Bangladesh,
> > and China.
> > All except Italy are from the UNEP SWERA project (so
> > we're
> > waiting on the data to become available on the SWERA
> > web site--
> > swera.unep.net/swera/).
> >
> > As always, if you know of sources of weather data
> > that
> > we might be able to share with the EnergyPlus
> > community,
> > please contact us.
> >
> > EnergyPlus Development Team
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
>
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