<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1593" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV>A couple of years ago I imported a climate file.  It took a fair bit of trial and error to make it work at that time.  This is the procedure I followed.  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <H2 style="MARGIN: 12pt 0in 3pt">Importing Climate files</H2> Because of the close association between ESRU and NRCan, there are quite a few Canadian climate files now.  Check first for something appropriate.  To import your own follow the procedure below. First look in the ESPR_FAQ.pdf file for directions.  It seems that it may be better than what I wrote up.  Otherwise try the procedure below. <OL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type=1> <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l8 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in">Climate files can be either comma delimited or space delimited.  The program does not care.  </LI> <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l8 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in">In principle the import can occur in the project manager or in the climate Analysis module.  I could only get the Climate Analysis Module to work.  The following are the steps to use:</LI> <OL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type=a> <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l8 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: list 1.0in">go to root menu of Project Manager</LI> <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l8 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: list 1.0in">b database maintenance</LI> <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l8 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: list 1.0in">a climate</LI> <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l8 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: list 1.0in">c make a new database (and type in a name) (note that Cygwin does not seem to use the same directory read/write privileges as the documentation claims Unix does, you may be able to write to the directory where the rest of the climate files are.  This may be because I use admin privileges from the user I start Cygwin from.)</LI> <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l8 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: list 1.0in">answer yes to browse or edit this data and the climate module will come up</LI> <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l8 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: list 1.0in">open the default filename and it will be zeros</LI> <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l8 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: list 1.0in">k import from text file</LI> <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l8 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: list 1.0in">ASCII esp-r file</LI> <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l8 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: list 1.0in">no (allow the data file to define the period which will probably be different)</LI> <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l8 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: list 1.0in">y whole year (I don't know if this is required but it worked for me)</LI> <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l8 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: list 1.0in">- Exit</LI> <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l8 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: list 1.0in">type in the ASCII filename and directory.  The program may default to your home or cfg directory, I just typed in the location from the root directory to be sure.</LI> <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l8 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: list 1.0in">yes (to update site info)</LI> <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l8 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: list 1.0in">yes (inspection of the file showed there was a comment line between each day)</LI> <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l8 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: list 1.0in">graph the data and in general take a look at it to make sure it looks reasonable</LI></OL> <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l8 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in">Note that the database just created does not come up in the list of standard databases, so you will have to remember the name and location.  (or use operating system tools to find it such as find / -print | grep filename.</LI> <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l8 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in">There can be variations on this theme, but it took me a fair bit of work to figure this one out.</LI></OL> <DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l8 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in">Jake Zwart</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left>-----Original Message----- From: esp-r-bounces@lists.strath.ac.uk [mailto:esp-r-bounces@lists.strath.ac.uk]On Behalf Of Athanasios Sakkas Sent: Wednesday, 06 June, 2007 16:56 To: esp-r@lists.strath.ac.uk Subject: [esp-r] climate data </DIV>dear Esp-r users, becouse i have not received any answer  on my recent request about climate data and the conversion i couldnt do, could anyone please help me? here is the link were i downloaded the epw file. <A onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.eere.energy.gov/buildings/energyplus/cfm/weather_data3.cfm/region=6_europe_wmo_region_6/country=GRC/cname=Greece" target=_blank>http://www.eere.energy.gov/buildings/energyplus/cfm/weather_data3.cfm/region=6_europe_wmo_region_6/country=GRC/cname=Greece</A> thanks very much for your time. -- Sakkas Athanasios <A onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:Thanos79@gmail.com" target=_blank>Thanos79@gmail.com</A> <A onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:Thanasis1979@yahoo.com" target=_blank>Thanasis1979@yahoo.com</A> Laxana 24, Thessaloniki, 54638, Greece G. 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