I am currently looking at a TMY3 dataset for Tucson, AZ (AZ-Tucson_International_Ap.tmy3) and see that the dates associated with the observations span almost 30 yrs, from 4/1976-12/2004.
I understand the dataset was constructed around good solar observations by NREL but my real question is, what is the correct way to specify start and end times? If I want to run a two month simulation from January through February, the TMY3 data crosses years, from 01/01/2002 -> 02/01/1986, so what is the correct year specification? Does is not matter?
Thanks for your time!
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The year does not matter. GridLAB-D strips off the year and only uses the day, month, and time. So, your weather should be the same no matter which you put into your simulation.
Jason
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I am currently looking at a TMY3 dataset for Tucson, AZ (AZ-Tucson_International_Ap.tmy3) and see that the dates associated with the observations span almost 30 yrs, from 4/1976-12/2004.
I understand the dataset was constructed around good solar observations by NREL but my real question is, what is the correct way to specify start and end times? If I want to run a two month simulation from January through February, the TMY3 data crosses years, from 01/01/2002 -> 02/01/1986, so what is the correct year specification? Does is not matter?
Thanks for your time!
jschmitz
The year does not matter. GridLAB-D strips off the year and only uses the day, month, and time. So, your weather should be the same no matter which you put into your simulation.
Jason