METEONORM 6
comprehensive meteorological reference, incorporating a catalogue of meteorological data and calculation procedures for solar applications and system design at any desired location in the world. METEONORM 6 is mainly a climate database combined with a weather generator. METEONORM 6 is based on over 20 years of experience in the development of meteorological databases for energy applications.
Keywords
weather data, solar radiation, temperature, typical years, climate analysis
Validation/Testing
Theory handbook available at www.meteonorm.com.
Expertise Required
None.
Users
More than 1100 worldwide.
Audience
METEONORM addresses engineers, architects, teachers, planners and anyone interested in solar energy and climatology.
Input
Geographic definition of site. Users can enter custom monthly and hourly climate data.
Output
Monthly means in form of pdf and graphs. Monthly, daily, hourly and minute time resolution files in form of ASCII files (predefined formats for several building simulation tools like e.g. tm2 format).
Computer Platform
Window 2000, XP and Vista, 512 MB RAM, 700 MB disk space
Programming Language
Visual Basic.Net 2005
Strengths
Allows a user to create typical year data for any place on Earth. Gives a quick and relatively accurate overlook of weather information.
Weaknesses
Quality varies depending on region. Extreme events of more than 10 years recurrence period not included.
Contact
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Meteotest |
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Switzerland |
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Availability
Order forms at www.meteonorm.com, USD 520 (single license of full version)