weatherFile

title: weatherFile --- in base class: .name, .ownTi, more.

Name Type Variability Description/Comments
wFileFormat WFILEFORMAT Start of run file format enum: UNK, BSGS, ET1, etc.

Header info: from file hdr decode or computed from hourly

Name Type Variability Description/Comments
loc WFLOC Start of run char loc[] Location (for ET, is loc 1 only: city etc).
lid WFLID Start of run char lid[] Location ID
yr number Start of run Year of weather data (00 - 99, -1 if N/A)
jd1 number Start of run Julian day of first weather record (-1 if not known)
jdl number Start of run Julian day of last weather record (ditto)
lat number Start of run latitude, degrees N (-90.0 to 90.0)
lon number Start of run longitude, degrees W (-180. to 180.0). US locations are >0, note non-standard
tz number Start of run time zone, hours W of Greenwich (EST = +5, note non-standard
elev number Start of run elevation of locn in ft (-9999. to 99999.)
taDbAvgYr number Start of run annual average dry-bulb temp, F
tMainsAvgYr number Start of phase
  • annual average cold water temp, F
  • computed per CEC ACM method
tMainsMinYr number Start of phase annual minimum cold water temp, F
solartime number Start of run
  • TRUE if file is in solar time
  • additional header items for ET1 file
loc2 WFLOC2 Start of run char[] location 2 (state or country, etc)
isLeap number Start of run non-0 if weather file is for a leap year (Feb 29 counted in dates) -- possible future use
firstDdm number Start of run month 1-12 of first design day in file
lastDdm number Start of run month 1-12 of last design day in file
winMOE number Start of run winter median of extremes (deg F)
win99TDb number Start of run winter 99% design temp (deg F)
win97TDb number Start of run winter 97.5% design temp (deg F)
sum1TDb number Start of run summer 1% design temp (deg F)
sum1TWb number Start of run summer 1% design coincident WB (deg F)
sum2TDb number Start of run summer 2.5% design temp (deg F)
sum2TWb number Start of run summer 2.5% design coincident WB (deg F)
sum5TDb number Start of run summer 5% design temp (deg F)
sum5TWb number Start of run summer 5% design coincident WB (deg F)
range number Start of run mean daily range (deg F)
sumMonHi number Start of run
  • month of hottest design day, 1-12
  • following are in ET1 file and can be returned via optional wfOpen arguments
  • *array 12 *r float clearness // monthly clearness numbers, multipliers, eg 1.05, for design day solar
  • *array 12 *r float turbidity // monthly average atmospheric turbidity, for daylight calcs
  • *array 12 *r float atmois // monthly aveage atmospheric moisture, for daylight calcs

TDV file header info

Name Type Variability Description/Comments
TDVFileTimeStamp WFLOC Start of phase timestamp string
TDVFileTitle ANAME Start of phase title string (identifies file CZ, fuel, vintage, )

internal

Name Type Variability Description/Comments
TDVFileJHr number Start of run last hour (row) in file that has read (1 based)