Unable to download Weather Files from SAM and NSRDB

  • Aditya Soni
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13 Aug 2020 10:42 #8565 by Aditya Soni
Sunny Greetings!

I'm getting an error when downloading Weather Files. Following is the log file content:
NSRDB Download Thu Aug 13 14:14:09 2020
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Requested location(s): [ 22.3, 73.2 ]
Location 1 of 1: "22.3, 73.2"
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Requested year(s): [ tmy ]
File 1 of 1: tmy
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https://developer.nrel.gov/api/nsrdb/v2/solar/suny-india-tmy-download.csv?api_key=<SAMAPIKEY>&full_name=sam_user&email=sam.support@nrel.gov&affiliation=unknown&mailing_list=false&reason=SAM&interval=60&utc=false&leap_day=false&attributes=dni,dhi,ghi,dew_point,air_temperature,surface_pressure,wind_direction,wind_speed&names=tmy&wkt=POINT(73.199894%2022.300239)
Download time: 15.019000 seconds.
Weather file test failed, first two header lines must have same number of columns: C:/Users/Sunrise CSP India/SAM Downloaded Weather Files/22.3_73.2_22.300239_73.199894_psm3_60_tmy.csv.
Message from NSRDB: {"inputs":{"full_name":"sam_user","email":"sam.support@nrel.gov","affiliation":"unknown","mailing_list":"false","reason":"SAM","interval":"60","utc":"false","leap_day":"false","attributes":"dni,dhi,ghi,dew_point,air_temperature,surface_pressure,wind_direction,wind_speed","names":"tmy","wkt":"POINT(7
* File renamed to: C:/Users/Sunrise CSP India/SAM Downloaded Weather Files/22.3_73.2_22.300239_73.199894_psm3_60_tmy_bad.txt.

Getting an error in the mail too when trying to download the data via the NSRDB Interface.

Please provide a solution for the same.

Cheers!

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  • Paul Gilman
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13 Aug 2020 22:41 #8579 by Paul Gilman
Replied by Paul Gilman on topic Unable to download Weather Files from SAM and NSRDB
Hi Aditya,

We are investigating an issue with NSRDB downloads for South Asia locations that should be fixed soon.

Best regards,
Paul.

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  • Paul McPherson
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25 Aug 2020 18:38 #8623 by Paul McPherson
Replied by Paul McPherson on topic Unable to download Weather Files from SAM and NSRDB
Hi Paul,

I've encountered a similar issue trying to download from Russia, although other downloads were fine. Was it an one-off issue due to factors outside of the host's reach, or is there an issue linked with downloads from that region?

Thank you in advance!

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  • Paul Gilman
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27 Aug 2020 16:43 #8630 by Paul Gilman
Replied by Paul Gilman on topic Unable to download Weather Files from SAM and NSRDB
Hi Paul,

Russia is outside of the area covered by the NREL NSRDB, at least for now. For information about where to find weather data to use with SAM, see sam.nrel.gov/weather-data.

Best regards,
Paul.

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