WYEC2 Data Format

For Data Supplied by ACADS-BSG

 

Position

 

1-5                                              Met station number

6                          R File source R = TRY

7-8                                              Year

9-10                                          Month

11-12                                      Day

13-14                                      Hour

15-18                                      Total terrestrial irradiance – not available for NZ locations 9999 = missing

19-22                                      Global irradiance on a horizontal place (KJ.hr/m2)

23-24                   Flag for global horizontal irradiance, blank = observed, I = interpolated, M = modelled   

25-28                                      Direct irradiance normal to solar beam (KJ.hr/m2)

29-30                   Flag for direct normal irradiance   

30-34                                      Diffuse irradiance  on a horizontal plane (KJ.hr/m2)

35-36                                      Flag for diffuse horizontal irradiance

37-74                   Illumance data (not available)

75-82                                      Occurrence of Climatic conditions eg. Snow (9 = not available)

84-88                                      Station Pressure in kPa x 100 eg 10100

89                        Flag for station pressure (blank = measured, I = interpolated)

90-93                                      Dry bulb temperature deg C x 10 eg 345

94                        Flag for dry bulb temperature (blank = measured, I = interpolated)

95-98                                      Dew Point deg C x 10 eg 185

99                        Flag for dew point (blank = measured, I = interpolated)

100-102                              Wind Direction 0-359 degrees 0 = north

103                      Flag for wind direction (blank = measured, I = interpolated)

104-107                              Wind Speed (m/s) x 10

108                      Flag for wind speed (blank = measured, I = interpolated)

109-110                              Cloud cover in one tenths

111                      Flag for cloud cover (blank = measured, I = interpolated)

112-114               Opaque sky cover, 0 to 10 in tenths – not supplied

115-116                              Snow cover – set to zero – not supplied

 

All other values in the WYEC2 format (such as precipitation) are unavailable from our climatic data.