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<p>As you probably realize, this is an area of the world with
almost no observed weather data. The only remotely usable data I
have from the ISD (Integrated Surface Hourly Database) are nine
months of data (April - October) 2011 in Skardu. However, there
are satellite-derived solar radiation and computer-modeled weather
conditions from the MERRA-1 Climate Forecast Model for anywhere in
South Asia from 2000 through 2014 available as part of NREL's
National Solar Radiation Database on line at
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://nsrdb.nrel.gov/nsrdb-viewer">https://nsrdb.nrel.gov/nsrdb-viewer</a> . Unless you want to spend
several weeks doing so, I would not suggest that you delve into
either data sources, nor would I recommend using the modeled
weather data from MERRA-1, which I have found can be wildly off,
especially in South Asia locations.<br>
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<p>Since I've already got the data for Skardu for both data sets, I
can see if I can use the partial 2011 data for Skardu to bias
correct the MERRA-1 data, which would then get you a weather
file for 2011. I'm not promising anything though, as I've got a
lot of others things to do as well.<br>
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<p>Joe<br>
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<div>I'm working on a project to design affordable housing and
temporary shelters for refugees and disaster recovery in
Pakistan. One of our target areas is the remote northern areas
of the country, called Hunza Valley. Some larger cities here
include Gilgit and Skardu. The nearest weather files available
from EnergyPlus are 200-300 miles away. The Hunza Valley
region is mountainous, so given the influence of altitude and
microclimate effects I'd like to at least find historical
weather data to validate simulation weather file selection.</div>
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<div>Let me know if you have any thoughts on where I can get
weather data. It's a student project, so we don't have budget
to purchase weather files from a commercial service. </div>
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