[esp-r] Re: climate and snow

[Jon Hand]

Several Canadian developers have added descriptive tags to ESP-r that
deal with snow cover at several levels of detail.  Perhaps
someone from 'up north' will also respond to this request and suggest
an example model that includes the additional tags.

-Jon Hand
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From: esp-r-bounces at lists.strath.ac.uk [esp-r-bounces at lists.strath.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Ida Auråen [ida.auraen at gmail.com]
Sent: 24 May 2013 13:41
To: esp-r at lists.strath.ac.uk
Subject: [esp-r]  climate and snow

Hi,

I have a question regarding climate file and snow.

If you are modeling a building in a cold climate where there is snow lying on the ground a significant time of the year, will ESP-r take this into account?

Snow will insulate the ground and minimize the depth of frozen ground. The snow will also reflect solar radiation well and it will contribute to more passive solar heat through windows or to solar collectors/pv-panels.

Is there snow on the ground for the simulations done in ESP-r in colder climates?


Best Regards

Ida Auråen