Design Weather Parameters & MSHGs

Test 02/18/2013
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Design Parameters:

City Name ............................................................................................................... Dubai

Location ....................................................................................... United Arab Emirates
Latitude ...................................................................................................................... 25.3 Deg.
Longitude ................................................................................................................. -55.3 Deg.
Elevation ...................................................................................................................... 4.9 m
Summer Design Dry-Bulb .......................................................................................... 41.7 °C
Summer Coincident Wet-Bulb ................................................................................... 23.9 °C
Summer Daily Range .................................................................................................. 9.7 °K
Winter Design Dry-Bulb ............................................................................................. 12.2 °C
Winter Design Wet-Bulb .............................................................................................. 7.4 °C
Atmospheric Clearness Number ............................................................................... 1.00
Average Ground Reflectance .................................................................................... 0.20
Soil Conductivity ...................................................................................................... 1.385 W/(m-°K)
Local Time Zone (GMT +/- N hours) .......................................................................... -4.0 hours
Consider Daylight Savings Time .................................................................................. No
Simulation Weather Data ................................................................................... noneN/A
Current Data is ....................................................................... 2001 ASHRAE Handbook
Design Cooling Months ................................................................ January to December

Design Day Maximum Solar Heat Gains

(The MSHG values are expressed in W/m² )

Month N NNE NE ENE E ESE SE SSE S

January 83.6 83.6 124.4 393.8 591.9 753.1 797.2 766.2 728.5
February 94.1 94.1 247.4 513.3 684.7 773.2 770.7 684.3 621.2
March 105.1 137.6 377.6 606.1 735.9 751.9 681.3 543.2 453.2
April 115.4 277.8 493.8 645.6 715.3 676.6 536.4 352.9 254.1
May 132.9 373.9 558.2 660.8 683.4 604.6 433.8 226.6 155.4
June 171.0 405.3 570.5 664.8 666.3 569.7 384.4 182.8 138.6
July 138.7 368.8 546.1 658.4 673.8 589.4 415.9 219.1 154.4
August 120.5 274.7 476.3 631.4 692.7 650.0 518.5 339.9 246.7
September 108.3 130.8 367.6 566.5 698.8 725.1 650.6 524.0 442.3
October 95.9 95.9 248.4 479.1 668.0 753.7 739.4 659.3 600.5
November 84.1 84.1 121.2 383.4 603.7 726.4 788.8 754.4 714.8
December 78.6 78.6 78.6 345.1 558.1 726.5 797.9 786.1 756.4
Month SSW SW WSW W WNW NW NNW HOR Mult
January 766.2 797.2 753.1 591.9 393.8 124.4 83.6 658.1 1.00
February 684.2 771.0 767.3 690.4 513.0 240.0 94.1 770.1 1.00
March 544.3 682.9 745.2 734.0 609.0 386.0 135.2 858.0 1.00
April 357.9 545.5 663.7 716.1 658.9 502.1 262.8 886.6 1.00
May 229.3 435.4 596.0 688.4 677.1 564.3 362.6 886.5 1.00
June 185.7 383.9 565.4 670.1 675.2 579.8 396.0 879.3 1.00
July 221.2 419.6 586.0 675.0 663.4 553.5 360.4 874.6 1.00
August 344.2 524.7 639.2 690.7 637.6 489.6 261.1 867.5 1.00
September 528.8 655.5 722.8 680.6 572.4 377.9 120.0 826.7 1.00
October 657.6 735.6 755.7 664.9 471.4 251.7 95.9 748.1 1.00
November 750.8 784.9 738.2 604.0 370.8 130.9 84.1 647.9 1.00
December 779.0 791.6 731.2 570.3 321.1 90.8 78.6 606.3 1.00
Mult. = User-defined solar multiplier factor.

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