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Re: [EnergyPlus_Support] weather file for park merced (south san francisco)

Emanuele,

Yes, there are many microclimates in San Francisco, but unfortunately only
two active weather stations - one at SFO and the other at the Civic Center.
This reminds me of some work I did about 15 years trying to simulate a 
building
at the San Francisco Presidio,  and looking around for a better weather 
file.
There used to be a station at the Presidio, but that's been defunct for 
30+ years.
The other possibilities are to go up and down the coast, and find some 
station
with data, such as Arena Point, etc., but then you're trading off 
geographical
distance and sparseness of data against closeness to the coast. You 
could also
cull local sources of weather data, such as PG&E or CMIS. Or, you might
be able to get sparse data, i.e., max/min temperatures, etc. (I have a 
set from
EarthInfo that I haven't looked at yet), for a closer stations and then 
run that against
the detailed hourly data from a first-order station to "learn" the 
pertubations and
get a hourly data set, but that's a research project (ASHRAE Weather 
Committee
is actually working on a Work Statement (RFP) in this area).

Joe Huang
White Box Technologies

Emanuele Naboni wrote:
>
> Dear All,
>
> Is there anyone that could suggest a weather file for Park Merced 
> (close to lake Merced - south San Francisco)?
> The weather is very particular over there and San Francisco airport 
> data seems to be not appropriate.
>
> Thanks you so much.
> Regards,
>
> Emanuele Naboni
>
> PhD Building Science, LEED AP, EU licensed architect
>
> +1.510.395.7241
>
> Please consider the environment before printing this email.
>
> 



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