Design Weather Parameters & MSHGs

Nahda School 08/19/2017

08:59PM

Design Parameters:

City Name ........................................................................................................ Abu Dhabi

Location ........................................................................................ United Arab Emirates
Latitude ....................................................................................................................... 24.4 Deg.
Longitude ................................................................................................................... -54.7 Deg.
Elevation ..................................................................................................................... 26.8 m
Summer Design Dry-Bulb .......................................................................................... 46.0 C
Summer Coincident Wet-Bulb .................................................................................... 29.0 C
Summer Daily Range ................................................................................................. 12.8 K
Winter Design Dry-Bulb .............................................................................................. 11.1 C
Winter Design Wet-Bulb ............................................................................................... 6.4 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 .......................................................................................... User Modified
Design Cooling Months ....................................................................... August to August

Design Day Maximum Solar Heat Gains

(The MSHG values are expressed in W/m )

Month N NNE NE ENE E ESE SE SSE S

January 84.8 84.8 130.7 399.8 599.6 757.1 797.0 761.2 720.4
February 95.0 95.0 255.6 518.4 686.8 775.4 768.0 676.7 609.6
March 105.8 140.0 386.7 611.5 737.5 749.5 676.7 533.0 438.6
April 115.8 281.2 492.9 651.0 716.7 673.6 529.5 341.5 240.7
May 135.0 376.5 557.2 665.7 684.3 601.2 426.4 216.4 148.8
June 173.5 406.4 572.5 668.7 666.3 565.8 376.7 174.7 136.2
July 141.1 369.1 552.6 661.9 673.5 585.3 408.3 209.5 148.4
August 120.9 276.6 484.0 635.8 693.3 646.5 512.8 328.7 234.0
September 109.0 134.7 368.3 573.1 701.6 723.7 646.5 514.3 428.8
October 97.0 97.0 251.6 487.2 672.6 754.4 737.1 652.0 590.2
November 85.4 85.4 123.8 391.7 609.3 729.0 788.7 749.6 707.5
December 79.9 79.9 83.7 352.4 563.8 731.6 798.9 782.4 750.0
Month SSW SW WSW W WNW NW NNW HOR Mult
January 761.9 799.4 754.5 600.6 402.3 126.8 84.8 670.9 1.00
February 676.1 767.9 765.7 696.5 517.7 242.4 95.0 780.5 1.00
March 533.4 677.3 747.6 737.0 612.3 389.0 139.3 865.4 1.00
April 345.6 538.4 663.6 717.2 661.2 505.4 267.5 890.4 1.00
May 218.6 427.1 594.2 688.1 678.4 567.1 366.7 888.1 1.00
June 176.9 374.9 562.6 668.9 675.9 582.3 400.1 879.9 1.00
July 210.7 410.6 583.5 674.0 664.3 556.2 364.1 875.6 1.00
August 332.1 517.6 639.0 691.8 639.9 492.9 265.8 870.8 1.00
September 519.9 652.2 720.2 683.7 578.1 382.3 122.4 834.6 1.00
October 652.5 731.4 757.5 666.7 476.1 257.7 97.0 759.6 1.00
November 743.9 782.3 744.4 608.7 373.2 136.9 85.4 661.6 1.00
December 777.7 789.2 737.1 574.4 335.7 94.5 79.9 620.5 1.00
Mult. = User-defined solar multiplier factor.

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