METEONORM 6.1

METEONORM is a comprehensive meteorological reference, incorporating a catalogue of meteorological data and calculation procedures for solar applications and system design at any desired location in the world. It is based on over 25 years of experience in the development of meteorological databases for energy applications.

Main features:
- Climatological data of more than 8’055 weather stations.
- Measured parameters: monthly means of global radiation, temperature, humidity, precipitation, days with precipitation, wind speed and direction, sunshine duration.
- Time periods 1961-90 and 1996-2005 for temperature, humidity, precipitation and wind speed selectable.
- Updated global radiation database for period 1981-2000.
- Use of satellite data for areas with low density of weather stations
- Inclusion of climate change projections (Hadley CM3 model).
- Inclusion of Swiss Test reference years (sia Merkblatt 2028)
- Interpolation models to calculate mean values for any site in the world.
- Minute time resolution for radiation parameters.
- Calculation of radiation for inclined surfaces with updated models.
- Enhanced temperature and humidity generation for building simulation.
- Total redesign of software.
- Import of user data (including current data by internet).
- Effects of high horizon considered in radiation calculations. High horizon calculated automatically for all mountain regions.
- 28 different output formats as well as user-definable output format.
- 5 languages supported: English, French, German, Italian and Spanish.
- Manual in English, maps and illustrations included on CD-ROM.
- Low price: data and models on one CD-ROM for the price of a few hours of work.