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[EnergyPlus_Support] Re: A new tool for creating real-time weather files

NREL real time weather data has big data gaps and no solar data, at least for stations I've checked in northern Europe, maybe they give you get better data in the States. The EP Weather Converter can also make solar data from information about total cloud coverage, but this information is not provided for so many stations. 

This tool has an advantage in that it can provide actual weather data for many local locations in northern Europe, where the temperature is measured and the solar data is modeled from satellite images. It can also provide subhourly data (not for solar data) for many locations, for example most Airport report 2-3 times per hour. 

There was bug in the tool (relating to the time-stamp), I'll post a new link to it when it's fixed. 

/Lukas Lundsröm 

--- In EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Linda Lawrie <linda@...> wrote:
>
> FYI, the EnergyPlus Weather Converter will make 
> up solar from input parameters.  It will do a 
> better job if there is Global Solar provided 
> (such as on the NREL real time weather data).
> 
> At 07:26 AM 5/16/2012, rokkas80 wrote:
> >Thank you Jeremiah for the link. Lots of 
> >datasets there, but there don't seem to be any 
> >free hourly actual solar data else where than for northern Europe.
> >
> >/Lukas
> >
> >--- In EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, 
> >CleanTech Analytics <jeremiah@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Lukas,
> > > You might find the solar data you are looking for here:
> > > http://en.openei.org/datasets/search/luceneapi_node/SOLAR
> > >
> > >
> > > *Jeremiah D. Crossett*
> > > *CleanTech Analytics*
> > > *503-688-8951*
> > > *www.cleantechanalytics.com* <http://www.cleantechanalytics.com>
> > >
> > >
> > > *
> > >
> > > This document may contain valuable information proprietary to CleanTech
> > > Analytics which is private and confidential. It may not be shared, copied,
> > > stored or transmitted in any form without the prior written consent of
> > > CleanTech Analytics
> > > *
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 10:10 AM, rokkas80 <lukas.rokka@> wrote:
> > >
> > > > **
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Well, I should add it's a beta release so I 
> > won't guarantee the conversion
> > > > is working 100 % correct at this point. Here's a link for validation
> > > > against measured data in Sweden
> > > > http://strang.smhi.se/validation/validation.html. I'll be testing it
> > > > against measured data from Finland as well. The modeled solar radiation
> > > > data from STRÅNG covers northern Europe, if anybody knows where to get
> > > > modeled hourly solar data for rest of the 
> > world I'll be happy to add it to
> > > > the program.
> > > >
> > > > /Lukas
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --- In EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, 
> > CleanTech Analytics <jeremiah@>
> > > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks- I will try it out--
> > > > >
> > > > > So it creates AMY files correct?
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > *Jeremiah D. Crossett*
> > > > > *CleanTech Analytics*
> > > > > *503-688-8951*
> > > > > *www.cleantechanalytics.com* <http://www.cleantechanalytics.com>
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > *
> > > > >
> > > > > This document may contain valuable information proprietary to CleanTech
> > > > > Analytics which is private and confidential. It may not be shared,
> > > > copied,
> > > > > stored or transmitted in any form without the prior written consent of
> > > > > CleanTech Analytics
> > > > > *
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 4:40 AM, rokkas80 <lukas.rokka@> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > **
> > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Hi,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > As part of my degree project I've made a tool for retrieving and
> > > > > > converting real-time weather data to be 
> > used in EnergyPlus or IDA ICE.
> > > > > > You get access to weather data for about 2000 weather stations in
> > > > northern
> > > > > > Europe, from 1999 up till last month. The tool can also be used to
> > > > retrieve
> > > > > >
> > > > > > The tool retrieves weather observation data from Integrated Surface
> > > > > > Database (ISD), http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/isd, and modeled
> > > > > > solar radiation data with an 11x11 km resolution over northern Europe
> > > > from
> > > > > > STRÅNG, http://strang.smhi.se. Merges and interpolate data, and fills
> > > > in
> > > > > > missing data gaps if necessary. Then using EnergyPlus own Weather
> > > > Converter
> > > > > > the data is converted to EPW-format.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Here's a dropbox link to the installation software:
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > 
> > https://www.dropbox.com/s/4oinwavgmc8n0j9/Setup%20Real-Time%20Weather%20Converter.msi
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Best regards,
> > > > > > Lukas Lundström
> > > > > > (lukas.rokka@)
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
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