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Is there a particular reason why you need to reverse-engineer a binary
file? You can go to the NREL web site and download the compressed
text file and the manual that describes the file format.<br><br>
<a href="http://rredc.nrel.gov/solar/old_data/nsrdb/tmy2/tmy2_index.html#data" eudora="autourl">http://rredc.nrel.gov/solar/old_data/nsrdb/tmy2/tmy2_index.html#data</a><br><br>
<a href="http://rredc.nrel.gov/solar/pubs/tmy2/" eudora="autourl">http://rredc.nrel.gov/solar/pubs/tmy2/</a><br><br>
You could also buy a copy of BinMaker, which facilitates all sorts of
manipulations of TMY2 files.<br><br>
Bill Bahnfleth<br><br>
At 03:44 PM 6/18/2004, Mark Case wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite=""><font face="arial" size=2 color="#0000FF">A
quick and dirty way is to define an hourly report with the weather data
(global variables) you seek. <br>
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On Behalf Of </b>Aulbach, John<br>
<dd>Sent:</b> Monday, June 14, 2004 4:40 PM<br>
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<dd>Subject:</b> [BLDG-SIM] TMY2 Data Conversion to Bin Data<br><br>
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<dd><font face="arial" size=2 color="#0000FF">There HAS to be a way to
get a text file of the 8,760 hours of data from a TMY2.bin file used in
eQuest and DOE-2.1E. I know there is a weather utility in both programs,
but I am not sure of how to set up the command line or how to execute
it.<br>
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<dd><font face="arial" size=2 color="#0000FF">Someone smart out there
KNOWS how to do it.<br>
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<dd><font face="arial" size=4 color="#0000FF">John R. Aulbach, PE,
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