Correcting aggregate energy consumption data to account for variability in local weather

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 733-738

  Sailor, David J ^a   Vasireddy, Chittaranjan ^a  

^a Portland State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic heating; Atmospheric modeling; Degree days; Energy models; Load modeling; Urban climate

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; ERROR ANALYSIS; HEATING EQUIPMENT; NUMERICAL METHODS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; THERMAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; WASTE HEAT;

ANTHROPOGENIC HEATING; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; DEGREE DAYS; ENERGY MODELS; LOAD MODELING; URBAN CLIMATE;

ENERGY UTILIZATION;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; ENERGY USE; URBAN AREA; URBAN CLIMATE;

CALIFORNIA; HOUSTON; LOS ANGELES; NORTH AMERICA; SEATTLE; TEXAS; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 33645870452     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2005.08.001     Document Type: Article

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