A step-by-step application of Sandia method in developing typical meteorological years for different locations in Oman

✍ Scribed by Naseem M. Sawaqed; Yousef H. Zurigat; Hilal Al-Hinai

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2005
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 227 KB
• Volume: 29
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0363-907X
• DOI: 10.1002/er.1078

✦ Synopsis

This paper reports on the development of typical meteorological years (TMYs) for seven different locations in Oman based on measured meteorological data. Depending on the availability of data the TMYs developed using Sandia method used data covering 7-17 years. The method as implemented here in a stepby-step procedure with illustrations is made simple. The procedure described herein is computerized and can handle any number of data sets in an easy-to-use manner. This should facilitate the development of TMYs for any location where enough data is available. Sensitivity analysis of different weights assigned to different weather parameters shows that Sandia method is highly affected by solar flux even if its weight is reduced by half while the weights of other parameters such as temperature, wind, and relative humidity have less impact on the selection of TMY.