CLIMATIC DATA FOR AUSTRALIA AND NEIGHBOURING REGIONS.

Typical Meteorological Year Data Bank

A TMY data bank of hourly solar radiation and climatic data has been developed by STEL staff for the following locations in Australia and New Zealand

Table 1

Locations with TMY records in Australia

 

Amberley

Qld

 

Albany

Western Australia

Brisbane

 

 

Broome

 

Cairns

 

 

Geraldton

 

Longreach

 

 

Kalgoorlie

 

Mt Isa

 

 

Perth

 

Oakey Army

 

 

Port Hedland

 

Rockhampton

 

 

Adelaide

South Australia

Townsville

 

 

Mt Gambier

 

Cobar

NSW

 

Alice Springs

Northern Territory

Coffs Harbour

 

 

Darwin

 

Moree

 

 

 

 

Nowra

 

 

Auckland

New Zealand

Orange

 

 

Alexandra

 

Richmond

 

 

Christchurch

 

Sydney

 

 

New Plymouth

 

Tamworth

 

 

Wellington

 

Wagga

 

 

 

 

Williamtown

 

 

Jakata

Indonesia

Canberra

ACT

 

Kupang

 

Melbourne

Victoria

 

Palu

 

Mildura

 

 

Serpong

 

Sale

 

 

 

 

Hobart

Tasmania

 

 Hongkong

 China

Launceston

 

 

 Singapore

 Singapore

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kumamoto

Japan

 

 

 

Tokyo

 

 

The generation of TMY records for Australia from long term measured solar radiation records is described in the STEL report "Condensed Solar Radiation Data Base for Australia".  The long term hourly records for Sydney were a combination of measurements at the STEL and two years of measurements by the Bureau of Meteorology.  Long term records for other locations were obtained from the "Australian Climate Data Bank".

CLIMATIC DATA BANK - HOURLY RECORDS

Hourly weather data for 18 locations is described in "Australian Climate Data Bank" by Walsh, Munro and Spencer.

EXTENSION OF HOURLY CLIMATIC DATA BANK

Delsante extended the measured data bank to include three years of data for Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra and Sydney.  Delsante also computed solar radiation from cloud cover measurements and developed coincident hourly climatic data records for an additional 63 locations in Australia.