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<p>Julien, <br>
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<p>I think we should take this offline as it's getting into the
weeds.</p>
<p>Joe<br>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="90">Joe Huang
White Box Technologies, Inc.
346 Rheem Blvd., Suite 205A
Moraga CA 94556
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 12/9/2017 6:21 AM, Julien Marrec
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:julien.marrec@gmail.com">julien.marrec@gmail.com</a> [EnergyPlus_Support] wrote:<br>
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<div>Joe,<br>
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Thanks for sharing these. The other day I went
looking for the MKAFT and PKAFT, but realized
I could only find them as a windows exe so I
gave up on this (I could have installed them
on linux using WineHQ but I didn't care
enough).<br>
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<div>I was able to quickly compile these as a
Unix exe using gfortan, and I can at least run
them.<br>
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I tried out of the curiosity to see how I could
port this to python, but this isn't going to
happen for me (at least not without someone
explaining very simply what the code does): I
generally dislike Fortan syntax <u>very much </u>so
I never got into it, and while I can generally
follow scientific fortran about fine, the I/O
stuff is really incomprehensible to me. <br>
So far I was just able to figure out how to
unpack the IWID and IWYR, after 30 minutes of
scratcthing my head, the rest I get numbers but
they don't match (I'm trying to read 4 bytes as
an int for WLAT, WLONG, etc)<br>
I also have never really dealt with packed
binary files (seems to me like it's completely
unnecessary nowadays that we have gigabytes of
RAM and plently of disk space). At least I
learned some new vocabulary, such as Hollerith
strings (which I found out later, the fortran
compiler itself told me it's deprecated)<br>
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I don't understand this in wthfm2Mleapyr.f:<br>
<br>
DO 100 IM1=1,12<br>
READ (10)
(IWDID(I),I=1,5),IWYR,WLAT,WLONG,IWTZN,LRECX,NUMDAY,<br>
_ CLN(IM1),GT(IM1),IWSOL<br>
READ (10) IDUM<br>
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100 CONTINUE<br>
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Is the format expected in the binary file 20 chars
followed by 6 integers
(IWYR,WLAT,WLONG,IWTZN,LRECX,NUMDAY,) + 12 integers
(CLN) + 12 integers (GT) + 1 integer (IWSOL) + 1
integer (IDUM)?<br>
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I've tried this in python:<br>
<br>
import struct<br>
with open('AK_BARROW-W-POST-W-ROGERS-AP_700260_12.BINM',
'rb') as f:<br>
bindata = f.read()<br>
fmt = '20s6i12i12iii'<br>
start_pos = 4 # Apparently I have to skip the first 4
bytes.<br>
end_pos = start_pos + struct.calcsize(fmt)<br>
struct.unpack(fmt, bindata[start_pos:end_pos])<br>
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Which give me this, and it doesn't seem to match the
WEATHER.FMTM file generated by the fortran utility:<br>
<br>
<pre>(b'BARROW-W-POST700260 ',
2012,
1116639068,
1125960909,
9,
1,
31,
1063675494,
1139180158,
5,
9849418,
328,
200,
98569,
9849418,
583,
200,
98567,
9915211,
648,
327,
100618,
9850960,
648,
326,
106761,
9851217,
9,
326,
106764,
9851475,
649,
454)</pre>
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<div>Cheers,</div>
<div>Julien<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">2017-12-09 4:23 GMT+01:00 Joe
Huang <span dir="ltr"><<a
href="mailto:yjhuang@whiteboxtechnologies.com"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">yjhuang@whiteboxtechnologies.com</a>></span>:<br>
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<p>Julien,</p>
<p>When I first read your post, I had the wrong
impression that the python script was
disassembling (unpacking) the binary *.BINM file,
which would be quite an achievement since I hadn't
documented yet the packing procedure for the extra
precision, nor have the original packing been
explained anywhere but in the actual Fortran
source code.</p>
<p>After looking at the python script, I then
realized it was reading the ASCII dump of the
weather file, which I've said had a embarrassing
glitch in my unpacking :-)</p>
<p>The original packing/unpacking can be seen in the
Fortran code of the fmtwth2.f and wthfmt2.f
programs that are part of the DOE-2 release
package. In DOE-2.2, the same two programs have
been renamed as MKAFT and PKAFT. My additions
can be seen in the Fortran code of the fmtwth2M.f
and wthfmt2mleapyr.f but please be warned that I
need to figure out the mysterious extra line I
found that was throwing off the solar radiation in
November and December. The source code for all 4
programs are attached, in case anyone wants to
port them to python<br>
</p>
<span class="">
<p>Joe<br>
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<pre class="m_-8754494293076800014moz-signature" cols="90">Joe Huang
White Box Technologies, Inc.
346 Rheem Blvd., Suite 205A
Moraga CA 94556
<a class="m_-8754494293076800014moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:yjhuang@whiteboxtechnologies.com" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">yjhuang@whiteboxtechnologies.<wbr>com</a>
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(c) (510)928-2683
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<div
class="m_-8754494293076800014moz-cite-prefix">On
12/8/2017 6:24 AM, Jones, Christopher wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Thank you Sir!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Christopher
R. Jones</span></b><span lang="EN-GB">,
P.Eng.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Technical
Specialist</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Sustainability
& Energy</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span><img
id="m_-8754494293076800014Picture_x0020_15"
src="cid:part7.1E080B65.C0D55422@whiteboxtechnologies.com" class=""
height="37" width="78"></span><span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>T <a
href="tel:+1%20416-644-0252"
value="+14166440252" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">+1 416-644-0252</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>2300 Yonge
Street, Suite 2300</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Toronto, ON M4P
1E4 Canada</span><span lang="EN-GB"><br>
<br>
</span><span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span><a
moz-do-not-send="true"><span>wsp.com</span></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span lang="EN-CA"><span> </span></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span>Please
consider the environment before
printing...</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span>From:</span></b><span>
Julien Marrec [<a
class="m_-8754494293076800014moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="mailto:julien.marrec@gmail.com"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">mailto:julien.marrec@gmail.<wbr>com</a>]
<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, December 08, 2017
9:22 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Jones, Christopher <a
class="m_-8754494293076800014moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
href="mailto:Christopher.r.Jones@wsp.com" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true"><Christopher.r.Jones@wsp.com></a><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Joe Huang <a
class="m_-8754494293076800014moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
href="mailto:yjhuang@whiteboxtechnologies.com" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true"><yjhuang@whiteboxtechnologies.<wbr>com></a>;
EnergyPlus_Support <a
class="m_-8754494293076800014moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
href="mailto:EnergyPlus_Support@yahoogroups.com" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true"><EnergyPlus_Support@<wbr>yahoogroups.com></a>;
Javed Iqbal <a
class="m_-8754494293076800014moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
href="mailto:eee.javed@gmail.com"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"><eee.javed@gmail.com></a>;
<a
class="m_-8754494293076800014moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:eQUEST-users@onebuilding.org" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">eQUEST-users@onebuilding.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Bldg-sim] Answers
Re: Test your knowledge of simulation
weather file formats Part 1: the DOE-2
*.BIN/*.BINM format</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Christopher,</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">This is a
jupyter notebook. See <a
href="http://jupyter.org/"
target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">
http://jupyter.org/</a>.</p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal">You can do "pip
install jupyter" then start a
server with "jupyter notebook" in
a terminal, navigate to the
location of the ipynb file and
open it up. Then you can just run
it there, cell by cell
interactively (CTRL+ENTER to run a
cell).</p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">This is
**hugely** helpful in anything
that has to do with data analysis,
because it allows for interactive
exploring. I strongly suggest you
try it out.</p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">Note that if
you have installed a scientific
python distro such as Anaconda,
you should already have it
installed.</p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal">You can also
download this as a python file from
the notebook, which I've done out of
convenience for you (see attached).</p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal">Best,</p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal">Julien</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">--<br>
Julien Marrec, EBCP, BPI
MFBA<br>
Owner at <a
href="http://www.effibem.com"
target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">EffiBEM</a><br>
T: <a
href="tel:06%2095%2014%2042%2013"
value="+33695144213"
target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">+33
6 95 14 42 13</a><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">2017-12-08 14:26
GMT+01:00 Jones, Christopher <<a
href="mailto:Christopher.r.Jones@wsp.com"
target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">Christopher.r.Jones@wsp.com</a>>:</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Julien,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Thank
you for the Python code. One
question – how do you download
just the code without the .png
data in the file?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
lang="EN-GB">Christopher R.
Jones</span></b><span
lang="EN-GB">, P.Eng.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
lang="EN-GB">Technical
Specialist</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
lang="EN-GB">Sustainability
& Energy</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span><img
id="m_-8754494293076800014m_-2085549477788428701Picture_x0020_15"
src="cid:part7.1E080B65.C0D55422@whiteboxtechnologies.com" class=""
height="37" width="78"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>T <a
href="tel:+1%20416-644-0252"
target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">+1
416-644-0252</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span><a
href="https://maps.google.com/?q=2300+Yonge+Street,+Suite+2300%0D+Toronto,+ON+M4P+1E4+Canada&entry=gmail&source=g"
target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">2300
Yonge Street, Suite 2300</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span><a
href="https://maps.google.com/?q=2300+Yonge+Street,+Suite+2300%0D+Toronto,+ON+M4P+1E4+Canada&entry=gmail&source=g"
target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">Toronto,
ON M4P 1E4 Canada</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span><a
href="http://wsp.com"
target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true"><span>wsp.com</span></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
lang="EN-CA"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <b><span> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <i><span>Please
consider the environment
before printing...</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
lang="EN-CA"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span>From:</span></b><span>
Bldg-sim [mailto:<a
href="mailto:bldg-sim-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org"
target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">bldg-sim-bounces@<wbr>lists.onebuilding.org</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Julien
Marrec via Bldg-sim<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday,
December 07, 2017 7:02 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Joe Huang <<a
href="mailto:yjhuang@whiteboxtechnologies.com"
target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">yjhuang@whiteboxtechnologies.<wbr>com</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> EnergyPlus_Support
<<a
href="mailto:EnergyPlus_Support@yahoogroups.com"
target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">EnergyPlus_Support@<wbr>yahoogroups.com</a>>;
Javed Iqbal <<a
href="mailto:eee.javed@gmail.com"
target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">eee.javed@gmail.com</a>>;
<a
href="mailto:eQUEST-users@onebuilding.org"
target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">eQUEST-users@onebuilding.org</a>;
BLDG-SIM <<a
href="mailto:bldg-sim@lists.onebuilding.org"
target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">bldg-sim@lists.onebuilding.<wbr>org</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Bldg-sim]
Answers Re: Test your
knowledge of simulation
weather file formats Part 1:
the DOE-2 *.BIN/*.BINM format</span></p>
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<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">Joe,</p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal">This
was fun, thanks for
putting it together,
I'm looking forward
to the next one. </p>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">I
have to say that
I'm impressed by
Aaron's knowledge
and level of
detail, and it's
not the first
time.</p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
</div>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal">I've
used Python to parse
your hourly dump and
visualize it, as well
as comparing with the
Barrow EPW (converting
your hourly dump to SI
Units). I've posted
that on Github, where
you can already look
at the code + graphs
since it's in a
jupyter notebook, but
you could also
download it and run it
on your machine. My
hope is that I'll
convert one or two
members of this list
to coding :) </p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">For
the record, the actual
parsing of the hourly
dump into a usable
format
(pandas.DataFrame)
took me about 5
minutes and 16 lines
of code (it was a very
simple one though).<br>
<a
href="https://github.com/jmarrec/BINM_Challenge/blob/master/Analyse_BINM.ipynb"
target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://github.com/jmarrec/<wbr>BINM_Challenge/blob/master/<wbr>Analyse_BINM.ipynb</a></p>
</div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal">Cheers,</p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal">Julien</p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br>
</p>
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<div>
<div>
<div>
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<div>
<p
class="MsoNormal">--<br>
Julien Marrec,
EBCP, BPI MFBA<br>
Owner at <a
href="http://www.effibem.com"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">EffiBEM</a><br>
T: <a
href="tel:06%2095%2014%2042%2013"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">+33 6 95 14 42 13</a><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">2017-12-07
10:40 GMT+01:00 Joe
Huang <<a
href="mailto:yjhuang@whiteboxtechnologies.com"
target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">yjhuang@whiteboxtechnologies.<wbr>com</a>>:</p>
<blockquote>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">I
got a total of five
responses, all of
which are attached
at the end of this
e-mail. Although I
was focusing on the
FORMAT of the *.BIN
weather file, most
of the respondents
focused on the data
instead, and to my
chagrin more
intensely than I
have, esp. Julien
who pointed out an
anomaly in the
direct normal
radiation that made
me gasp and go back
into my file and
processing
procedures. Kudos
to Julien for
spotting that, but
I'll explain what
happened there
following his e-mail
attached below.</p>
<div>
<p>The three answers
I was seeking are:</p>
<p>(1) <b>The
weather file is
for a location
above the Arctic
Circle</b>,
which would make
DOE-2.1E crash due
to a bug in the
shading
calculation but
not in DOE-2.2
which fixed this
bug in 2004. The
point here is that
this is a problem
in DOE-2.1E but
NOT in the *.BIN
format, except it
might seem that
way because the
DOE-2 weather
packer also
crashes because it
uses the same
shading routine to
generate the
weather
statistics.</p>
<p>(2) <b>The
weather file is
for a leap year
with the output
file showing
Feb. 29th</b>.
I've heard many
people say that
DOE-2 weather
files contain only
365 days, but
that's absolutely
not true. The
*.BIN format
stores data for 12
months of 32 days
each, or 384
days! The reason
that Feb. 29th
never shows up in
a DOE-2 run is
that the
developers never
bothered to reset
the February day
count to 29 on
leap years, even
though DOE-2
calculates when
that's the case.
Now that more
people are running
DOE-2 with actual
historical years,
it's well past
time for this
little fix to be
implemented. </p>
<p>(3) <b>The
weather file
reports shows
the weather
parameters to an
additional
decimal of
precision</b>,
i.e., temperatures
are to the 0.1F,
pressures to 0.01
inches of mercury,
solar radiation to
0.1 Btu/sqft, and
wind speeds to 0.1
mph. This
required a modest
change to the BIN
format that I
implemented as the
*.BINM (M for
Modified) starting
in 2011. This
leads to what I
think is the most
fascinating part
about the DOE-2
*.BIN format that
was developed in
the early 1980's
when computer
memory was very
limited. Members
of the original
development team
(Ender Erdem and
maybe Fred Buhl)
came up with the
strategy of
"packing" the data
by converting all
data to integers,
pack four integers
into one big
integer, and then
store them in the
file in binary
form. By so doing
the *.BIN files
are only 146K
(70-80KB zipped),
whereas other
formats can be
well over 1MB
(200+KB zipped).
DOE-2 also uses
the *.BIN format
to improve
execution speed by
not reading the
data an hour at a
time or 8760 ASCII
reads, but by
reading 16 day
chunks at a time
or 24 binary
reads for the
entire year (which
also explains why
the *.BIN format
contains 24x16 or
384 days). </p>
<p>So now let's look
at how did our
contestants do,
listed in order of
when I received
their answers:</p>
<p>Parag - 0 out of
3 (he looked
almost entirely on
the data, not on
the format)</p>
<p>Julien - 1 out
of 3 (he noticed
the leap day, but
also focused his
attention on the
data and pointed
out two problems
that I will
address following
his e-mail below)</p>
<p>Aaron - 2 out of
3 (I was impressed
that he knew about
the packing and
unpacking process,
but did not notice
the leap year)</p>
<p>Javed - 0 out of
3 (but had a good
question on why
DNI (Direct
Normal) is larger
than GHI (Global
Horizontal) that I
will answer
following his
e-mail below)</p>
<p>Nathan - 1 out of
3 (he also noticed
the leap day, and
had other
questions that I
will answer
following his
e-mail below).</p>
<p>So, nobody
noticed all three
answers, but since
it's the holiday
season, I will
make them all
winners and
provide a
historical year
weather file of
their choosing.
Just e-mail me if
you're interested
and tell me which
one you want.</p>
<p>This has been an
interesting and
insightful
experience for
me. I hope others
also found it
entertaining and
useful, as well.
I've learned that
(1) think twice
before coming out
with a flawed
contest rule, (2)
look over more
times whatever I
put out on the
Web.</p>
<p>(please be sure
to read the
contestant's
submittals and my
responses below)</p>
<p>Joe</p>
<pre>Joe Huang</pre>
<pre>White Box Technologies, Inc.</pre>
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<p>Attached e-mails
follow in the same
order (only final
e-mails shown)
------------------------------<wbr>-----------------------------</p>
<div>
<p
class="MsoNormal">On
12/5/2017 11:24
PM, Parag
Rastogi wrote:</p>
</div>
<blockquote>
<pre>Hi Joe,</pre>
<pre> </pre>
<pre>Don't know anything about the DOE-2 platform, but here's my take on the meteorological "oddities". Thanks for organising this challenge - it's really cool!</pre>
<pre> </pre>
<pre>1. A large part of the year has zero sun while the other part has sun for 24 hours.</pre>
<pre>2. The humidity is _really_ high - the WBT and DBT are mostly within a degree of each other. Don’t know if DOE-2 has a problem with that?</pre>
<pre>3. In the summer months, the direct normal is sometimes larger than global solar. That is really odd!</pre>
<pre>4. I would not live here - Glasgow winters are bad enough.</pre>
<pre> </pre>
<pre>Parag</pre>
</blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal">YJH
answer: Yes, I
picked Barrow on
purpose to show
that the *.BIN
format still works
for places above
the Arctic Circle
or below the
Antarctic Circle.
RH is generally
very high in
frigid climates
because the cold
air cannot hold
much moisture
(that's why
there's always
frost in your
refrigerators!).
The DNI can often
be greater than
the GHI at low sun
angles, since the
DNI is calculated
normal to the sun,
while the GHI is
calculated for a
flat horizontal
plane. Yes, stay
in Glasgow or at
least don't go to
Barrow in place of
Glasgow.<br>
<br>
On 12/6/2017 6:35
AM, Julien Marrec
wrote:</p>
<blockquote>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<p
class="MsoNormal">Hi
Joe,</p>
</div>
<div>
<p
class="MsoNormal"> </p>
</div>
<div>
<p
class="MsoNormal">Replying
off the
mailing list,
since it would
kinda beat the
point of
"first 5 to
find the
error"
otherwise.</p>
</div>
<div>
<p
class="MsoNormal"> </p>
</div>
<div>
<p
class="MsoNormal">1.
There is a
29th of
February, but
1912 was
indeed a leap
year, so I'm
not sure
whether that
qualifies for
a bug (can't
remember how
eQuest/DOE
deal with leap
year weather
files).</p>
</div>
<div>
<p
class="MsoNormal"> </p>
</div>
<div>
<p
class="MsoNormal">2.
There is an
unsual peak of
Global Solar
radiation mid
November (11
to 18th) while
the Direct
Normal stays
at zero. The
peak has
values at 400
BTU-HR/SQFT
while the max
is 250 for the
rest of the
year. 400
means 1250
Wh/m2, which
is just short
of what the
Extraterrestrial
Direct Normal
Solar
Radiation is.</p>
</div>
<div>
<p
class="MsoNormal"> </p>
</div>
<div>
<p
class="MsoNormal">In
IP units:</p>
</div>
<div>
<p
class="MsoNormal"><img
id="m_-8754494293076800014m_-2085549477788428701_x005f_x0000_i1025"
src="cid:part43.164BEDC8.19241683@whiteboxtechnologies.com"
alt="Images
intégrées 1"
class=""
height="513"
width="936"></p>
</div>
<div>
<p
class="MsoNormal"> </p>
</div>
<p
class="MsoNormal"> </p>
</div>
<p
class="MsoNormal">I
don't see any
problem with
the
Atmospheric
pressure, not
the relative
humidity I
computed with
Db, Wb and
Atm. Wetbulb
and drybulb
are where I
expect them
for this
location
(checked
against the
EPW file for
the same
location too).</p>
</div>
<div>
<p
class="MsoNormal"> </p>
</div>
<div>
<p
class="MsoNormal">So
I'm not sure
what's the 3rd
problem, I'd
say that it's
probably not a
good idea to
live there
unless you <b>really</b>
like cold
weather?</p>
</div>
<p
class="MsoNormal"> </p>
</div>
<p
class="MsoNormal">Best,</p>
</div>
<p
class="MsoNormal">Julien</p>
</div>
<div>
<p
class="MsoNormal">--</p>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<p
class="MsoNormal">Julien
Marrec, EBCP,
BPI MFBA<br>
Owner at <a
href="http://www.effibem.com"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">EffiBEM</a><br>
T: <a
href="tel:06%2095%2014%2042%2013"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">+33 6 95 14 42 13</a></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal">YJH
answer: I was
embarrassed that
you noticed the
input echo has
1912 instead of
2012, which was
because DOE-2.1E
was not Y2K
compliant, so I
had to set the
year to 1912 in
order for DOE-2.1E
to run. I was
further more
astonished to see
the wierd spike of
GHI in November,
which wasn't there
in the actual
weather file (see
below). <br>
<img
id="m_-8754494293076800014m_-2085549477788428701_x005f_x0000_i1026"
src="cid:part46.B2DD0546.21EB027C@whiteboxtechnologies.com" class=""
height="291"
width="486"><img
id="m_-8754494293076800014m_-2085549477788428701_x005f_x0000_i1027"
src="cid:part47.43AEC921.E471D131@whiteboxtechnologies.com"
class=""
height="291"
width="486"><br>
<br>
Since DOE-2.1E
can't run with
this weather file,
I used a version
that I modified
that took care of
the high latitude
problem as well as
adding the extra
precision. When I
checked the
Fortran source
code, I found this
extra line
(<<<)
that I have no
memory of ever
inserting nor why
I did so (sound
like a politician,
don't I ? :-) ). <br>
DO 500
I=1,14<br>
CALC(I) =
FLOAT(IWTH(I))*XMASK(I,2)
+ XMASK(I,1)<br>
IF (I.LE.2)
CALC(I)=CALC(I)+IWTH2(I)/10.<br>
IF
(I.EQ.11.OR.I.EQ.12)
CALC(I)=CALC(I)+IWTH2(I-8)/10.<wbr> <<< ???<br>
500 CONTINUE<br>
So, if you believe
my story, this
spike in GHI was
the result of my
unpacking routine
and not in the
weather file
itself. A curious
thing with the
solar in such
Arctic locations
is that the GHI is
above 0 for all
hours over two
months (see
central bottom of
the left plot),
indicating the
proverbial
midnight sun
during the summer.</p>
<div>
<p
class="MsoNormal">On
12/6/2017 9:05
AM, Aaron Powers
wrote:</p>
</div>
<blockquote>
<div>
<p
class="MsoNormal">Hey
Joe, </p>
<div>
<p
class="MsoNormal"> </p>
</div>
<div>
<p
class="MsoNormal">Here's
what I could
find. It's
really 2
things since
the first 2
and last 2 are
related.</p>
</div>
<div>
<p
class="MsoNormal"> </p>
</div>
<div>
<p
class="MsoNormal">1.
Normal DOE2
binary weather
files are made
up of 24
records of
6208 bytes
each. So each
file is
roughly 145
kB. Your file
is 182 kB, so
each of the 24
records is
7744 bytes in
length. I'm
not sure what
you have in
the extra
bytes, but the
first 6208
bytes of each
record is
exactly as you
would expect
in a DOE2
packed file.
So I am able
to read the
.bin file by
just ignoring
the bytes
after 6208 of
each record.</p>
</div>
<div>
<p
class="MsoNormal"> </p>
</div>
<div>
<p
class="MsoNormal">2.
You have more
precision for
each data
point. I'm
guessing this
must be tied
up to the
extra bytes in
each record.
For example,
the drybulb,
wetbulb, and
pressure are
usually packed
into a single
integer
value. The
first and last
4 bits of the
integer are
junk due to
the way
Fortran writes
binary data.
The
atmospheric
pressure takes
up 15 bits and
the drybulb
and wetbulb
take up 8 bits
each. After
encryption,
this allows
the drybulb
and wetbulb to
be stored with
0 decimal
places and the
pressure with
1 decimal
place.
Similarly, the
direct normal
and global
horizontal are
usually stored
with 0 decimal
places. Your
output file
shows a higher
precision for
each of these
data points.
Again, I'm
guessing that
this extra
precision is
in the extra
bytes in each
record.</p>
</div>
<div>
<p
class="MsoNormal"> </p>
</div>
<div>
<p
class="MsoNormal">3.
Since Barrow
is above the
Arctic Circle,
it gets the
midnight sun
and polar
night. </p>
</div>
<div>
<p
class="MsoNormal"> </p>
</div>
<div>
<p
class="MsoNormal">4.
Related to
previous, in
the peak of
summer,
radiation has
very little
diffuse
component and
during winter
is almost all
diffuse (when
it exists).</p>
</div>
<div>
<p
class="MsoNormal"> </p>
</div>
<div>
<p
class="MsoNormal">Aaron</p>
</div>
</div>
</blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal">YJH
answer: You're
completely correct
in all your
suppositions,
Sherlock Holmes !
What I've done is
to add another
array of 384, each
containing the
extra precision
for the two
temperatures,
pressure, wind
speed, and the two
solar
irradiances. It
was my former
colleague at LBNL
Ender Erdem who
assured me that in
a binary read,
this extra integer
would be ignored,
thereby
guaranteeing
compatibility
between the *.BIN
and *.BINM
formats. However,
once the extra
read is added,
there has to be a
flag telling DOE-2
NOT to do that for
the older *.BIN
format. That's
the main reason
why I haven't
pushed very hard
on this.</p>
<div>
<p
class="MsoNormal">On
12/6/2017 9:18
AM, Javed Iqbal
wrote:</p>
</div>
<blockquote>
<div>
<div>
<p
class="MsoNormal"><span>Dear
Sir Joe,</span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p
class="MsoNormal"> </p>
</div>
<div>
<p
class="MsoNormal"><span>I
am able to
find something
though NOT all
which looks to
me unusual and
hence
reporting
here.</span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p
class="MsoNormal"> </p>
</div>
<div>
<p
class="MsoNormal"><span>1)
The following
screenshot for
<b><u>22nd
April</u></b>
shows that
Direct Normal
is greater
than the
Global solar.
As per my
limited
knowledge in
this
direction,
usually Direct
Normal Solar
can be greater
than Global
solar
(Direct+diffuse)
or GHI during
certain
periods such
as morning or
afternoon
hours.
Whereas, the
hourly report
shows Direct
Normal Solar
is always
higher (~8-10
times) than
the Global
Solar. If this
is one of the
acceptable
discrepancy than
there are many
such instances
could be found
in in the
hourly weather
file. </span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p
class="MsoNormal"> </p>
</div>
<div>
<p
class="MsoNormal"><span><img
id="m_-8754494293076800014m_-2085549477788428701_x005f_x0000_i1028"
src="cid:part48.563C4306.2F16C806@whiteboxtechnologies.com"
alt="Inline
image 1"
class=""
height="515"
width="407"></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p
class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p
class="MsoNormal"><span>Let
me know your
thought on
this.</span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p
class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p
class="MsoNormal"><span>Sorry
I could do
this much only
out of my busy
schedule.</span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p
class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p
class="MsoNormal"><span>Thanks,</span></p>
</div>
</div>
</blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal">YJH
answer: The DNI
can be larger than
the GHI frequently
in the Arctic
locations because
of persistently
low sun angles.
However, the
numbers that
you've highlighted
above have DNI/GHI
ratios that do
seem excessive.
All these solar
irradiances are
calculated using
several empirical
and analytical
models and so
could always be
wrong. However,
the formulation of
the direct solar
model calculates
the DNI as a
sigmoid function
of the ratio
between the GHI
and the
extraterrestrial
global horizontal
radiation, so it
would seem
difficult to
produce a DNI that
would violate
physical reality,
i.e., GHI =
DNI*sin(solarZ) +
DHI. Time
permitting, I may
look more into
this.</p>
<div>
<p
class="MsoNormal">On
12/6/2017 2:01
PM, Nathan Brown
wrote:</p>
</div>
<blockquote>
<div>
<p
class="MsoNormal">Ok,
so here’s my
revised list:</p>
</div>
<div>
<p
class="MsoNormal"> </p>
</div>
<div>
<p
class="MsoNormal">1.
Hour index is
1, not zero
(not different
from .epw, but
still annoying
to deal with
while post
processing)<br>
2. Solar noon
is not aligned
to the noon
timestamp.
Does this mean
permanent DST?<br>
3. This file
contains data
for 2/29</p>
<div>
<p
class="MsoNormal"> </p>
</div>
<div>
<p
class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<p
class="MsoNormal"><span>Nathan
Brown, BEMP,
LEED AP</span><span>
~ Associate </span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p
class="MsoNormal"><b><span>LOISOS
</span></b><span>+<b>
UBBELOHDE </b></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p
class="MsoNormal"><span>-
- - - - - - -
- - - - - - -
- - - - - - -
- - - - - </span></p>
</div>
<p
class="MsoNormal"><span><a
href="http://www.coolshadow.com/" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"><span>www.coolshadow.com</span></a></span></p>
</div>
</div>
<p
class="MsoNormal"> </p>
</div>
</div>
</blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal">YJH
answer: 1 is not
a correct answer
since, as you
note, the
convention is the
same for both
*.BIN and *.BINM,
as well as *.epw
files. The
annoyance you feel
msy be due to the
mixed use of
cardinal and
ordinal numbers in
the weather
files. The
standard
convention on
simulation weather
files is the
formal, i.e., Hour
1, Hour 2, etc.,
whereas the
convention on
weather station
reports is the
latter, Hour
00:00, Hour 01:00,
etc. In my
opinion there is
an inconsistency
on simulation
weather files
where most of the
measurements
(temperatures,
etc.) are reported
by the timestamp,
i.e., 00:00, but
incorporated as
Hour 1, etc.,
while others,
notably solar and
rainfall, are both
measured and
reported
cardinally as Hour
1, etc. I'll
talk more about
this in the next
contest on the epw
file format.<br>
<br>
How are you
deducing that
solar noon is not
aligned to the
noon timestamp?
As for DST, I
feel that weather
files should NEVER
incorporate any
such human-made
artifacts. There
are several
factors you should
consider when
comparing solar
noon to local
standard noon: (1)
difference in
longitude between
the standard
meridian and the
location (Barrow);
in this case, they
are 150.00 West
and 156.782 West
respectively, or a
27 minute effect,
(2) the solar
irradiance is
given over the
past hour, so the
average solar
position for Hour
12 is at 11:30 AM
local time rather
than 12:00 PM,
another 30 minute
effect, and (3)
"Equation of time"
that makes local
time faster or
slower than solar
time by +- 15
minutes at the
most. I don't know
if these effects
combined accounts
for the difference
between solar and
local noon that
you see.</p>
</div>
</div>
</blockquote>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
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