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The  "Geographic coordinates" page defines:

•The name of the site, country and region,

•The Latitude, Longitude, Altitude (which uniquely define the (x,y,z) coordinates of a given point of the earth), and the time zone. Ex: for central Europe, the Winter time corresponds to GMT+1, while the summer time is  GMT+2. You can obtain accurate Latitude/Longitude coordinates from your GPS or GoogleEarth.

 

In this dialog you can also:

•See the sun paths corresponding to your site,

•Import the meteo data either from the built-in Meteonorm DLL, from the NASA-SSE database (old and inaccurate), from the PVGIS API, from the NSRDB API, from the Solcast API or from the SolarAnywhere® API if you have internet access to obtain TMY Monthly/Hourly files,

•Import/export the site data by "copy/paste"
(for example in a spreadsheet like EXCEL),

•Go directly to the  "Interactive map" page (Show map button),

•Print a complete form with the data of this site.

 

 

The "Monthly meteo" page holds the monthly meteorological data.

•Values for Global irradiance and Temperature are mandatory :
       - for fast and rough calculations, in the design part of the program (Orientation, System).
       - to generate a synthetic meteo file (from the Meteonorm Dll)

•Global diffuse and wind velocity are optional. They will be evaluated by models when necessary.

•You can choose the units in the frame "Irradiation units" on the right (you will find many kinds of units in other data sources).

•If you define a new site (by its geographical coordinates), you can always obtain default Global horizontal and Temperature from the Nasa-SSE data, which are available for any point on the earth, by steps of 1°x1° lat x long.

•If data are given as lines or columns in a spreadsheet, you can "paste" entire columns at a time.

•As for any database element you are advised to always mention the source of your data.

 

After defining or modifying a site, the program will ask whether you want to keep your modifications, and if so it will modify or create a new site with an extension .SIT.

 

 

With the "Interactive Map" you can see your site as it would appear in OpenStreetMap. From this page you can also Create a new site.