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P50/P90 weather files

spelland74
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22 May 2015 18:00 #3371 by spelland74

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Hello,

I am thinking of using the P50/P90 analysis in SAM, and wanted to test it out. Could you point me to the location of the sample files that are already downloaded? Note: I also tried going to the link that is given in the help pages, en.openei.org/datasets/node/872, but didn't find the data there.

Best regards,
Sophie

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pgilman

22 May 2015 21:18 #3372 by pgilman

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Dear Sophie,
The information in that Help topic is out of date. Sorry about that. I need to update the copy of Help that is on this website. The information in the Help that comes with SAM is up to date.
You can download NSRDB 1961-1990 historical data for locations in the United States to test the P50/P90 feature. Each link on that page is to a ZIP file that contains a set of thirty weather files, one for each year from 1961 to 1990. To use the files with SAM, extract the files to a folder, and then go to the P50/P90 page in SAM and select that folder for the P50/P90 runs. See the instrucions in the SAM Help system for more details.
Best regards,
Paul.

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spelland74
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22 May 2015 22:27 #3373 by spelland74

Replied by spelland74 on topic P50/P90 weather files

Hello Paul,

Thanks for your quick and helpful reply, I'll give it a try!

Sophie

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spelland74
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23 May 2015 00:23 #3374 by spelland74

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Followup: I was able to run the P50/P90 analysis. I was wondering: is it possible to access results from individual years, or only the P50/P90 statistics? (My goal was actually to get individual year results).

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pgilman

26 May 2015 22:07 #3375 by pgilman

Replied by pgilman on topic P50/P90 weather files

Dear Sophie,
It is not possible to view results from individual years for P50/P90 simulations. You could write an LK script to run the simulations and store results to a CSV file.
For example, we've posted a sample script that shows how to run simulations for a set of weather files stored in a folder, and others that show how to work with CSV files or display data in the time series data viewer.
Best regards,

Paul.

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spelland74
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03 Jun 2015 00:31 #3376 by spelland74

Replied by spelland74 on topic P50/P90 weather files

Thanks Paul,

The sample script is a very useful tool (I just tried it out with the sample data that you provide). I will definitely have to familiarize myself with the LK scripting - a nice feature!

Sophie

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