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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Hi Mili,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>As you’ve found, weather files from Weather Analytics are available through IES at <a href="https://www.iesve.com/support/weatherfiles/weather-analytics">https://www.iesve.com/support/weatherfiles/weather-analytics</a> and cover any global location. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Unfortunately we don’t have access to their sources or methods, as this is their IP, but here is their description of how they generate the files <a href="https://www.weatheranalytics.com/how-we-do-it/">https://www.weatheranalytics.com/how-we-do-it/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Perhaps if you contact Weather Analytics directly they may have some additional technical resources they are willing to share that can help.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><a href="https://www.weatheranalytics.com/contact-us/">https://www.weatheranalytics.com/contact-us/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Kind Regards<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Jeanne<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>+27 (0)84 592 8392<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b>From:</b> Mili Kyropoulou via Bldg-sim <<a href="mailto:bldg-sim@lists.onebuilding.org">bldg-sim@lists.onebuilding.org</a>><br><b>Date:</b> 09 April 2018 at 21:55:56 SAST<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:bldg-sim@lists.onebuilding.org">bldg-sim@lists.onebuilding.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>[Bldg-sim] Weather file for remote location</b><br><b>Reply-To:</b> Mili Kyropoulou <<a href="mailto:mili.kyropoulou@gmail.com">mili.kyropoulou@gmail.com</a>><o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Hi Everyone,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I am trying to find a weather file for Mbale Uganda and was wondering what the best approach would be. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I know that Meteonorm can provide me with a weather file that will be an interpolation of 6 locations. Specifically, <em><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>"Meteonorm interpolates radiation with help of satellite data (DWD CMSAF for this region) and temperature and other parameters with help of ground measurements. In case of Mbale it uses : KISUMU (145 km), Eldoret </span></em><em><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>(137 km), NAKURU (260 km), Meru (402 km), Nairobi/Jomo Kenyatt (404 km), Garissa (630 km)"</span></em><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>I also see that IES, that uses Weather Analytics, can provide data for virtually any location, but they are not saying - or I didn't find - how they calculate them.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='color:black'>What would you recommend as the best approach to that? </span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>I appreciate your input</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>thanks </span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Mili Kyropoulou</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#666666'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________<br>Bldg-sim mailing list<br><a href="http://lists.onebuilding.org/listinfo.cgi/bldg-sim-onebuilding.org">http://lists.onebuilding.org/listinfo.cgi/bldg-sim-onebuilding.org</a><br>To unsubscribe from this mailing list send a blank message to <a href="mailto:BLDG-SIM-UNSUBSCRIBE@ONEBUILDING.ORG">BLDG-SIM-UNSUBSCRIBE@ONEBUILDING.ORG</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote></div></body></html>