A Modified Method to Generate Typical Meteorological Years from the Long-Term Weather Database

A modified typical meteorological year (TMY) method is proposed for generating TMY from practical measured weather data. A total of eleven weather indices and novel assigned weighting factors are applied in the processing of forming the TMY database. TMYs of 35 cities in China are generated based on...

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Main Authors: Haixiang Zang, Qingshan Xu, Pengwei Du, Katsuhiro Ichiyanagi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2012-01-01
Series:International Journal of Photoenergy
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/538279