Environmental data for sites in the National Solar Data Network
The Detartment of Energy's National Solar Data Program established solar energy systems in residential and commercial buildings across the United States. These solar sites are linked to Vitro Laboratories Division's computer in the National Solar Data Network (NSDN). Vitro collects and analyzes data from this network to determine the thermal performance of each of the solar systems. Environmental information collected at the sites for the month of August 1980 is presented. The environmental data for the NSDN are presented in the form of tables for each solar site. The solar sites are grouped into 12 zones, each of which consists of several adjacent states. The solar energy sites are in alphabetical sequence within each zone. The tables provide available meteorological data for reporting sites in the NSDN as follows: (1) Insolation: the insolation table presents the total, diffuse, direct, maximum, and extra-terrestrial radiation for the solar site. It also shows the ratio of total extra-terrestrial radiation, as a percent; (2) Temperature: the temperature table gives the average, daytime, nighttime, maximum, minimum, and lnlet-water temperatures for the solar site. Additional tables are presented for some of these NSDN sites, supplying either wind or relative humidity data, or both. All of the passive and some of the active solar sites are equipped with wind sensors. These provide information for two wind tables. The first furnishes wind speed and direction. The second table correlates wind speed with time (hours for a range of speeds) for each day. The humidity table provides relative humidity values for day and night. It also gives values for the maximum and minimum humidity for each day. A technical discussion of the instruments and measurements used to obtain these data tables is given. (WHK)
- Research Organization:
- Automation Industries, Inc., Silver Spring, MD (USA). Vitro Labs. Div.
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC01-79CS30027
- OSTI ID:
- 5042535
- Report Number(s):
- SOLAR/0010-80/08
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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