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Hi Everybody,<br>
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thanks for the fast and comprehensive help! I found the TMY3 files,
too, and they convert (except for the EOF "annoyance", but I guess that
is no longer an issue). However, for example the San Antonio
International Airport TMY3 EPW file has the proper longitude of -98.47
(- for W, I presume) in it, but after the clm epw2bin conversion in
ESP-r, it is shown as 8.5 W, i.e. something like 90 - 98.47 rounded up.
If I count from Greenwich, it should clearly be 98.47 W. What am I
missing?<br>
<br>
Thanks and Regards,<br>
<br>
Matt Koch, Ph.D., P.E.<br>
Science & Technology Consultants (SciTeX)<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.scitex.us">www.scitex.us</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:mattkoch@scitex.us">mattkoch@scitex.us</a><br>
(830)-446-1839<br>
<br>
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Jon Hand (clcv10) wrote:
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Acording to Dru Crawley the EPW files are TMY3. -Jon Hand<br>
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face="Helvetica" size="4"><b>RE: [esp-r] Re: ... climate files ...</b></font></div>
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<div style="margin: 0px;">Jon,</div>
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<div style="margin: 0px;">The TMY3 files are in EPW format on our web
site.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>We left the TMY2</div>
<div style="margin: 0px;">files since many people were still using
them.</div>
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<div style="margin: 0px;">Dru</div>
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<div style="margin: 0px;">-----Original Message-----</div>
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On Behalf Of Jon Hand</div>
<div style="margin: 0px;">Sent: Monday, February 09, 2009 4:40 AM</div>
<div style="margin: 0px;">To: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
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<div style="margin: 0px;">Subject: [esp-r] Re: ... climate files ...</div>
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<div style="margin: 0px;">A number of questions about climate
files....</div>
<div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br>
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<div style="margin: 0px;">::been looking into ESP-r for a number of
years, decided to give it a</div>
<div style="margin: 0px;">real ::try now. First hurdle is climate
file conversion. Found a bunch</div>
<div style="margin: 0px;">of EPW ::files for EnergyPlus, trying to
convert them to ESP-r binary</div>
<div style="margin: 0px;">using the ::following command:</div>
<div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br>
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<div style="margin: 0px;">::clm -mode text -file
USA_TX_San.Antonio_TMY2 -act epw2bin silent</div>
<div style="margin: 0px;">::USA_TX_San.Antonio_TMY2.epw</div>
<div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br>
</div>
<div style="margin: 0px;">::The file USA_TX_San.Antonio_TMY2 does get
created, and I seem to be</div>
<div style="margin: 0px;">able ::to use it in esp-r - for example, I
can display the dry bulb</div>
<div style="margin: 0px;">temperature ::and relative humidity in a
graph. However, I am worried</div>
<div style="margin: 0px;">the "EOF" error ::in the above output
somehow indicates a<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>corrupted</div>
<div style="margin: 0px;">file ::USA_TX_San.Antonio_TMY2, possibly
leading to wrong results. Any</div>
<div style="margin: 0px;">clue ::what that error is all about (I get
this no matter whether LF or</div>
<div style="margin: 0px;">CRLF ::terminate the lines in the EPW file)?</div>
<div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br>
</div>
<div style="margin: 0px;">If you can graph the data the read was
sucessful.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>The EOF is
literally</div>
<div style="margin: 0px;">that the scanning got to the end of the
file it was importing.</div>
<div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br>
</div>
<div style="margin: 0px;">::Secondly, the above EPW file has rather
old data, and the longitude in</div>
<div style="margin: 0px;">::it appears to be wrong. So, I found a
bunch of newer TWY3 files, but</div>
<div style="margin: 0px;">::they are in CSV format (722530TY.csv for
San Antonio). However, I do</div>
<div style="margin: 0px;">not ::know how to turn a CSVfile into
something usable by ESP-r. Any</div>
<div style="margin: 0px;">ideas?</div>
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</div>
<div style="margin: 0px;">We have not yet tried to scan the TWY3
files.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>But the Department
of</div>
<div style="margin: 0px;">Energy did recently update a number of
their EPW files with newer</div>
<div style="margin: 0px;">sources so it could be that the San Antonio
file was not the newest one</div>
<div style="margin: 0px;">available.<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>It should not be
rocket-science to scan the TWY3 file, but</div>
<div style="margin: 0px;">it will take writing some code to do the
conversion and some testing</div>
<div style="margin: 0px;">that the data read is correct.<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Perhaps someone in the ESP-r
community</div>
<div style="margin: 0px;">will take this on as a project.</div>
<div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br>
</div>
<div style="margin: 0px;">::Thirdly, is there any reference manual
that documents the command line</div>
<div style="margin: 0px;">::options of the various modules, such as
the ones above for clm? It was</div>
<div style="margin: 0px;">::by pure chance that I happened across the
above command.</div>
<div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br>
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<div style="margin: 0px;">Start any tool with the command option
-help.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>E.g.<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>clm -help</div>
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