Changelog meteonorm software

meteonorm 7.0.20

27.02.2013

• Corrections of the radiation output when using a horizon with temporary shadowing.
• Corrections of the radiation output of locations above the polar circle.
• The preview should now correctly indicate which data (meteonorm or imported) was used in the calculation.
• Location data changes for Guatemala, Potsdam, Sede Boqer, Gillot.
• Improvements for the spanish and italian translations.
• Changes to the graphical interface: More information visible.

meteonorm 7.0.19

5.12.2012

• Fixes beam output for TMY3.
• Adds spanish translation.
• Improves handling of coordinates in the location information dialog for international users.
• Adds wind load information to preview.
• Custom locations are now sorted alphabetically.
• Monthly dew point temperature values are now handled correctly. Import of relative humidity enabled.

meteonorm 7.0.18

5.11.2012

• Fixes a bug in the user-defined locations dialog (entering latitude/longitude).
• For locations with high horizons, corrected global radiation data is now used per default. In previous versions, original global radiation data is used per default (register modifications; only for approx. 20 Swiss weather stations).
• Test reference stations of DWD: change of time reference and limitation of high beam values. In previous versions partially too high beam values have been calculated (in morning hours) due to time reference errors.
• Horizontal beam (H_Bh or G_Bn) is now correctly named in user defined output format.
  

meteonorm 7.0.17

18.10.2012

• Adding a constant horizon on a topological horizon resulted in an invalid horizon.
• Improvements to the monthly values import table.
• Corrects wrong parameter output for PVSyst calculations.
• User defined locations are now searchable.
• Minor improvements for the user interface.

meteonorm 7.0.16

13.09.2012

• Adds HORIcatcher
• Minor updates to the report
• Minor updates of the station list

meteonorm 7.0.15

27.08.2012

• Adds italian localisation
• Adds the possibility to use authenticated proxies
• Improves the handling of hourly import files
• Fixes a problem when not using the topographical horizon
• Fixes a poblem when importing data for 2011 and 2012
• Fixes the scroll bar functionality on small screens

meteonorm 7.0.14

26.07.2012

• Improved Internet connectivity and proxy handling.

meteonorm 7.0.13

13.07.2012

• Adds french localisation.
• Changes license management: One serial number is now valid for all users on one system.
• Adds an easy way to define constant horizons.
• Underdefined horizons (Less than one point per 90°) are now calculated correctly.
• Corrects radiation periods for weather stations in the output preview.
• Imports custom locations from XML, CSV and MDB. Imports the old stnuser2005.mdb now. Can fill in missing location data (I.e. altitude, timzone)
• Improves Internet connection handling for registration and maps.
• New, simpler save data dialog.
• The file extensions for custom formats are now configurable.
• Minor bugfixes and correction to some location coordinates.

meteonorm 7.0.12

08.06.2012

• Fixes severe localisation problems in regions where commata are used instead of decimal points (Germany, France, Norway et al.) This also fixes crashes during startup for french users.
• Implements automatic proxy server detection and prevents crashes during the registration process.
• Fixes report generation for the TMY2 format.
• Horizon files saved by meteonorm 7 are now compatible with PV*SOL.
• Sun paths are now correctly drawn on the southern hemisphere.
• Minor bug fixes and corrections of translation errors.

meteonorm 7.0.11

31.05.2012

• Intial release.

What's new?

What's new in the meteonorm software version 7?

Design and Tools

• Total redesign of software, more intuitive handling.
• New map tool for site selection.
• New import interface for user defined data (including current data by internet).
• Redesign of the horizon tool, including calculation of reflexions of panels.
• Access to climate change forecasts (3 IPCC scenarios).

Database update

• Updated database including 8'300 weather stations.
• Output of the uncertainty of yearly values of radiation and temperature for any site.
• Wind load zones for Germany and Switzerland and snow load zones for Germany, Switzerland, Austria and France.

Models

• Updated interpolation models to calculate mean values for any site in the world.
• Calculation of direct radiation and inclined planes with additional models.