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Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy / Volume 4 / Issue 1 / REVIEW ARTICLES

J. Renewable Sustainable Energy 4, 012702 (2012); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3672191 (8 pages)

Review of typical vs. synthesized energy modeling weather files

Ibraheem A. Al-Mofeez1, Mohammad Y. Numan1, Khalid A. Alshaibani2, and Faris A. Al-Maziad1

1Department of Building Science and Technology, College of Architecture, University of Dammam, P. O. Box 2397, Dammam 31451, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
2Department of Architecture, College of Architecture, University of Dammam, P. O. Box 2397, Dammam 31451, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

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(Received 10 August 2011; accepted 30 November 2011; published online 13 January 2012)

This paper reviews the widely used weather file formats, namely, typical meteorological year (TMY) of evolved versions, test reference year (TRY), weather year for energy calculation (WYEC), design reference year (DRY) as well as synthetically generated meteorological year (SMY) used in energy simulation and renewable-energy studies. This paper examines the fundamentals underlying their structure as to how they support and interface with the available energy simulation and modeling software as well as computer systems on which they operate. The differences in TMY, TRY, WYEC, DRY, and SMY in the selection and weighting of weather parameters are discussed, outlining the pros and cons of each type. Finally, sample dry bulb temperature regimes from SMY and TMY weather files are presented to show the differences in average monthly maximum, minimum, and mean temperatures.

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Article Outline

  1. INTRODUCTION
  2. TMYs
    1. Considerations for selection of the typical months of TMYs
  3. TRY
  4. WEATHER FILES AND DESIGN CONDITIONS
  5. SMY
  6. TMY FROM OBSERVED WEATHER DATA OR SMY GENERATED FROM WEATHER STATISTICS
  7. SUMMARY

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Keywords

geophysics computing, meteorology

PACS

  • 89.20.Kk

    Engineering

  • 93.85.Bc

    Computational methods and data processing, data acquisition and storage

  • 92.40.Zg

    Hydrometeorology, hydroclimatology

International Patent Classification (IPC)

  • G01V

    Geophysics; Gravitational measurements; Detecting masses or objects; Tags

  • G01W

    Meteorology

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3672191

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1941-7012 (online)

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