Nick,<br /><br />Multiply the ambient temperature by your good/no good signal and then integrate that value AND the good/no good signal.  Divide the integrated second quantity into the integrated first quantity and you'll get the average temperature over the good conditions...<br /><br />Jeff<br /> <br /> <br /> <!--replyfwdwrap--><div style="background-image: url("http://webmail.fusemail.com/de/r_bg_img.gif"); background-position: center top; background-repeat: repeat-x;"><strong>----- Original Message -----</strong><br /><strong>From:</strong> "David BRADLEY" <d.bradley@tess-inc.com> <br /><strong>Sent:</strong> Mon, April 11, 2011 9:36<br /><strong>Subject:</strong> Re: [TRNSYS-users] average ambient day temperature<br /><br /><table width="100%" cellspacing="5"><tbody><tr><td><div class="PrivateMsgDiv"><!-- begin sanitized html --><br /> <br />              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="bodyclass">Nick,<br />       Type!
 55 would allow you to integrate only over a certain time     period (your 8am to 4pm time frame) and reset daily. Alternatively,     you can get a daily sum of a function that has a value of 1 when the     sun is up and a value of 0 otherwise: sunUp = GT(Ih,0) (where Ih is     an output of your weather processor). That will get you the number     of daylight hours each day. You'll then need to print out your     hourly temperatures and do the integration in Excel after the     simulation.<br />     Best,<br />      David<br />     <br />     <br />     On 4/8/2011 16:50, Nicholas LaHam wrote:     <blockquote type="cite" cite="mid:2F305691-9CAA-42AA-A404-998CDF99F86D@gmail.com">       <div>Jeff</div>       <div> </div>       Is it possible to create running averages based on certain       criteria? For instance, could I calculate the average of the       temperature each day only when radiation is present (during       daytime hours) so that the average does not re!
 flect the cold       nights?       <div> </div>       <div>The cl
osest solution I have found to this is to use an 8 hour         running average, so that you are getting 3 averages each day: <i>Midnight           to 8am, 8am to 4pm, and 4pm to Midnight</i>. And then using         Excel to average only the 8am to 4pm data and erase everything         else. The problem with this is the radiation is still present         after 8am or before 4pm at certain locations and depending on         the time of season.<br />         <div> </div>         <div>Thanks,</div>         <div>Nick</div>         <div><br />           <div><div><div>On Apr 8, 2011, at 12:44 PM, Jeff Thornton wrote:</div>               <br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />               <blockquote type="cite">You can also use the utility model                 that creates a running average - in your case a running                 24 hour average.  This will keep you from getting step                 changes at midnight.<br />                 <br />                 !
 Jeff<br />                 <br />                 Jeff Thornton <br />                 President - TESS, LLC <br />                 <br />                 22 North Carroll Street - Suite 370<br />                 Madison WI 53703 USA <br />                 <br />                 Phone: 608-274-2577 <br />                 Fax: 608-278-1475 <br />                 E-mail: <a target="_new" href="mailto:thornton@tess-inc.com" moz-do-not-send="true">thornton@tess-inc.com</a>                 <br />                 Web: <a target="_new" href="http://www.tess-inc.com" moz-do-not-send="true">www.tess-inc.com</a><br />                 <br />                 <br />                 <br />                                  <div style="background-image: url("http://webmail.fusemail.com/de/r_bg_img.gif"); background-position: center top; background-repeat: repeat-x;"><strong>----- Original Message -----</strong><br />                   <strong>From:</strong> "Adrien JEZEQUEL !
 - ITF" <<a target="_new" href="mailto:a.jezequel@itf.biz" moz-
do-not-send="true">a.jezequel@itf.biz</a>>                   <br />                   <strong>Sent:</strong> Thu, April 7, 2011 9:10<br />                   <strong>Subject:</strong> Re: [TRNSYS-users] average                   ambient day temperature<br />                   <br />                   <table width="100%" cellspacing="5">                     <tbody>                       <tr>                         <td><div class="! PrivateMsgDiv"><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="bodyclass"><font size="-1"><font face="Arial">Lana,<br />                                   <br />                                   I think you can also use Type55, from                                   utility library.<br />                                   <br />                                   Best regards<br />                                 </font></font>                               <div class="moz-signature"><hr size="2" color="#3300ff" width="450" align="LEFT" /> !           !
                       <table border="0">                                   <tbody>                                     <tr>                                       <td width="120" rowspan="3"><center><a target="_new" href="http://www.itf.biz/" moz-do-not-send="true"><span><logo_itf_2010.jpg></span></a><br />                                           <font size="1" face="CALIBRI" color="#0000ff"><a target="_new" href="http://www.itf.biz/" moz-do-not-send="true">www.itf.biz</a></font></center></td>                                       <td colspan="2"><font size="2" face="CALIBRI" color="#000000">Adrien JEZEQUEL<br />                                           Simulations Thermiques                                           Dynamiques</font></td>                                     </tr>                                     <tr>                                       <td align="LEFT"><font size="4" face="CALIBRI" color="#000ff0"><b>ITF</b></font></td>                        !
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                                         Rue du Bolliet<br />                                           73230 St Alban Leysse<br />                                           FRANCE<br />                                         </font></td>                                     </tr>                                     <tr>                                       <td width="40" align="LEFT"><font size="2" face="CALIBRI" color="#0000ff"> Phone :<br />                                           Fax :<br />                                           Mail:<br />                                         </font></td>                                       <td><font size="2" face="CALIBRI" color="#0000ff">                                           +33(0) 479 750 029<br />                                           +33(0) 479 852 122<br />                                           <a target="_new" href="mailto:a.jezequel@itf.biz" class="moz-txt-link-freetext" moz-do-not-send="true">a.jezequel!
 @itf.biz</a> ou                                           <a target="_new" href="mailto:aj@itf.biz" class="moz-txt-link-freetext" moz-do-not-send="true">aj@itf.biz</a></font></td>                                     </tr>                                   </tbody>                                 </table>                                 <i><font size="1" face="CALIBRI" color="#008000">Afin de contribuer au                                     respect de l'environnement, ! merci                                     de n'imprimer cet e-mail que si                                     nécessaire<br />                                     <font size="1" face="CALIBRI" color="#008000">Please, consider our                                       environmental responsability                                       before printing this email<br />                                     </font></font></i></div>                               <br />                               Le 07/04/2!
 011 14:56, Arno Dentel a écrit :                          
     <blockquote type="cite" cite="mid:009f01cbf523$3eefe240$bccfa6c0$@dentel@ohm-hochschule.de">                                 <style type="text/css"><br> <br></style>                                 <div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">Lana,</span></p>                                   <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">you                                       can use Type127 to calculate an                                       running mean value.</span></p>                                   <div><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> </span></div>                                   <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">Best                                       regards,</span></p>                                   <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">Arno</span></p>                                   <div><span lang="EN-US" style="color:!
  blue;"> </span></div>                                   <div><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> </span></div>                                   <div><div style="border-width: 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid none none; border-color: rgb(181, 196, 223) -moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color; padding: 3pt 0cm 0cm;"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Von:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">                                           <a target="_new" href="mailto:trnsys-users-bounces@cae.wisc.edu" class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" moz-do-not-send="true">trnsys-users-bounces@cae.wisc.edu</a>                                           [<a target="_new" href="mailto:trnsys-users-bounces@cae.wisc.edu" class="moz-txt-link-freetext" moz-do-not-send="true">mailto:trnsys-users-bounces@cae.wisc.edu</a>]                                           <b>Im Auftrag von </b>Lana               !
                             Saracevic<br />                           
                <b>Gesendet:</b> Donnerstag,                                           7. April 2011 10:04<br />                                           <b>An:</b> <a target="_new" href="mailto:trnsys-users@cae.wisc.edu" class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" moz-do-not-send="true">trnsys-users@cae.wisc.edu</a><br />                                           <b>Betreff:</b> [TRNSYS-users]                                           average ambient day                                           temperature</span></p></div></div>                                   <div> </div>                                   <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;">Dear all,</span></p>                                   <p ss="MsoNormal" cla=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">is there a Type that                                       can calculate the average ambient                                       d!
 ay temperature of each day in the                                       year, and where can I find it? I                                       would like to use that to control                                       the inlet temperature of a                                       concrete core activation system.</span></p>                                   <div><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> </span></div>                                   <div><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> </span></div>                                   <p style="page-break-after: avoid;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;">Freundliche Grüße /                                       Best Regards</span></p>                                   <div style="page-break-after: avo!
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