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<DIV>David,</DIV>
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<DIV>We just finished (last 2 hours) our system for integrating NOAA reanalysis
data with ground station observations & it is up right now. If you
pick a weather station location the system will intelligently fill in all gaps
in its observations and if you just pick your specific site away from a station,
it will use the closest weather station to localize the 35 km resolution
reanalysis output from NOAA. Either way you can get the full actual year
of hourly weather data for 2009 (or any other year you want up thru 2010) or a
30 year TMY. Note 2011 is coming next week. BTW the data is
delivered in csv and also in epw., .bin, and .tm2 formats. It is $75 but
will save you potentially a lot of work/hassel. Direct link = <A
title=http://wxaglobal.com/GetWeatherData.html
href="http://wxaglobal.com/GetWeatherData.html">http://wxaglobal.com/GetWeatherData.html</A></DIV>
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<DIV>Hope this helps, Chuck</DIV>
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Khuen<BR>Principal<BR>Weather Analytics Inc.<BR>781-856-5383</DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=Third-Level@comcast.net
href="mailto:Third-Level@comcast.net">David Bryan</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Friday, August 12, 2011 1:10 PM</DIV>
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<DIV><B>Subject:</B> [Bldg-sim] Historical Weather Data for
EnergyPlus</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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Sim List:<BR><BR>I'm attempting to calibrate an EnergyPlus / DesignBuilder model
for an existing building using actual weather data.<BR><BR>I've downloaded data
from the EnergyPlus website at:<BR><A class=moz-txt-link-freetext
href="http://apps1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/energyplus/weatherdata_request_options.cfm">http://apps1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/energyplus/weatherdata_request_options.cfm</A><BR>for
the three weather stations in the Minneapolis / St Paul area for 2009 and
2010.<BR><BR>When I examine this data, there are about 70 days of data missing
for 2009 and about 20 days of data missing for 2010. <BR>I have checked the
option to "fill in missing time steps'; evidently these gaps are each too wide
to be bridged with estimated data.<BR>Even worse, the holes are virtually
identical for all three weather stations in the Twin Cities area so that I don't
have the option of creating a synthetic year from actual data from local
stations.<BR>EnergyPlus Support suggest that the weather stations may have been
"taken down for maintenance". It seems to me that taking down all the
stations in a given area simultaneously is exactly what one wouldn't want to
do.<BR><BR>Can anyone shed any light on this ? Any ideas for other sources
of hourly TMY2 or TMY3 data for this area ?<BR><BR>Thanks,<BR>Dave<BR><BR>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: arial">Dave Bryan, </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: arial; FONT-SIZE: 9pt">AIA, LEED AP</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: arial">Third Level
Design</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: arial">2512 Euclid Place</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: arial">Minneapolis</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: arial">, MN 55405</SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: arial"><A
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href="mailto:Third-Level@comcast.net">Third-Level@comcast.net</A></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: arial">612-374-3280
phone</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: arial">612-374-3280 fax</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: arial">612-868-0814 cell</SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: arial; COLOR: rgb(0,102,0)">Please consider the environment
before reproducing</SPAN></I></P>
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