Contents Meteonorm

Contents
PART I: REVIEW AND SOFTWARE

Handbook part I: Software I

Global Meteorological Database Version 8 I
Software and Data for Engineers, Planers and Education I
1 SHORT REVIEW ............................................................................................... 1
2 SOFTWARE DESCRIPTION ............................................................................. 4
2.1 Delivery, license agreement 4
2.2 Installation 4
2.2.1 Software activation ..........................................................................................................................5
2.2.2 License transfer ...............................................................................................................................6
2.2.3 Basic settings ..................................................................................................................................7
2.2.4 Error Log ..........................................................................................................................................8
2.3 Software usage 9
2.3.1 An introductory example ................................................................................................................9
2.3.2 Detailed software overview ..........................................................................................................11
2.4 Import of your own data 39
2.4.1 Monthly values .............................................................................................................................39
2.4.2 Hourly and daily values ................................................................................................................41
2.4.3 Access to ongoing time series .....................................................................................................42
2.4.4 Examples ......................................................................................................................................42
3 DATA BASIS ................................................................................................... 44
3.1 Climatological Databases 44
3.1.1 Ground stations ............................................................................................................................44
3.1.2 Satellite data .................................................................................................................................45
3.2 Climate change data 46
3.3 Combination of different data 48
3.4 Climatic zones 50
3.5 Additional data 51
4 ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS ................................................................ 52
5 PARAMETERS AND UNITS............................................................................ 55
5.1 Definition of Parameters 55
5.2 Conversion Factors 58
6 HORICATCHER ............................................................................................... 59
6.1 Introduction 59
6.2 How to take horizon pictures 60
6.3 Software installation and licensing 60

PART II: THEORY

See the theory manual.