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RE: [EnergyPlus_Support] hi



As has been sent many times, if you cannot find weather data either on the energyplus site or in the Meteonorm files area of this site, you can request it.  You will need to supply some data.  I will repeat most of the message here:


The EnergyPlus team can provide weather files created using
Meteonorm.  These are posted on the EnergyPlus YahooGroup under
Files > Meteonorm_Weather_Files.

Locations are listed alphabetically by country.  More than 100
locations are currently available--look there first before asking for a
new weather file.
 
Information on selecting weather data is described in this paper: 
Drury B. Crawley. 1998. "Which Weather Data Should You Use for
Energy Simulations of Commercial Buildings?" in ASHRAE Transactions,
pp. 498-515, Vol. 104, Pt. 2. Atlanta: ASHRAE. (PDF 197 KB) 

PDF:

http://energyplus.gov/pdfs/bibliography/whichweatherdatashouldyouuseforenergysimulations.pdf

Requesting Meteonorm Weather Data for Your Location. Send the
information either to this group or to the helpdesk
(energyplus-support@xxxxxxxx)

You will need to supply:

Name of Location (including country)
Latitude (N+/S-)(decimal format preferred)
Longitude (E+/W-)(decimal format preferred)
Time Zone (+/- GMT)
Elevation (meters)

For convenience, you can convert lat/long in degrees minutes seconds to
the decimal format by visiting this web link:

http://www.fcc.gov/mb/audio/bickel/DDDMMSS-decimal.html

And you should be aware of Meteonorm limitations:

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.

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
MAY BE 
MORE APPROPRIATE THAN ONE DERIVED FROM STATISTICS. 

YOU USE THESE FILES ENTIRELY AT YOUR OWN RISK.

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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