| METEONORM Identity Card |
| Type of source |
Software (version 6.1, 2009. The version 7 will be available in the first semester 2012) |
| Provider |
METEOTEST |
| Parameters |
hourly and one minute data: synthetic generation from the monthly values using a stochastic model. The resulting time series correspond to "typical years" used for system design.
Typical Meteorological Years of:
- temperature,
- wind velocity,
- solar azimuth and elevation,
- global, diffuse and beam (direct normal) radiation as well as radiation on inclined planes
- longwave radiation
- luminance
- spectral UVA/UVB,
- erythemal radiation
- precipitation, driving rain
- humidity parameters (dewpoint, relative humidity, mixing ratio, psychrometric temperature)
Meteonorm calculates reduced global radiation caused by a high horizon. The horizon line can easily be entered either graphically (drag line) or numerically. For most regions of the world, the horizon line is calculated automatically, based on a digital terrain mode (accessible over the internet). |
| Covered area |
Worldwide |
| Ground station data info |
Monthly data from 1700 ground stations (interpolations)
irradiations: 1960 - 1991
temperatures: 1995 - 2005 |
| Temporal resolution |
monthly (averaged) / hourly (synthetic) |
| Pay / free |
pay |
| PVsyst compatible |
yes: help pvsyst5 p 117 - import direct by (.dat) file |
| Link |
Click here |
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Additional Comments:
They have a database of ground station data values, but it is not available for the public. They only provide typical mean year values which stem from this database. |
click here to magnify the geographical distribution of the MF stations
Last update: 2/23/12 5:20 PM