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Environmental data for sites in the National Solar Data Network

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6889061· OSTI ID:6889061
The Department 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. 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: 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; the temperature table gives the average, daytime, nighttime, maximum, minimum and inlet-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. (MHR)
Research Organization:
Automation Industries, Inc., Silver Spring, MD (USA). Vitro Labs. Div.
DOE Contract Number:
AC01-79CS30027
OSTI ID:
6889061
Report Number(s):
SOLAR/0010-80/09
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English