Exporting to SAM

The SAM tab of the Export Data window exports files suitable for importing into NREL's System Advisor Model (SAM).

SAM is a simulation model that can import wind speed, wind direction, temperature, and air pressure data in time series format. It can accept data from multiple speed and direction sensors at different heights. But SAM requires 8760 data, meaning hourly data representing a typical year, covering exactly one year starting at midnight January 1st and ending at midnight December 31, and containing no gaps or missing values.

To produce data meeting these requirements, Windographer uses its Representative Year logic to generate one year of synthetic hourly data for every data column that you choose to export.

See also

Export Data window

Representative Year window

Written by: Tom Lambert
Contact: windographer.support@ul.com
Last modified: June 8, 2015