Daylighting studies always bring new requirements of growing sophistications, following almost identical simulation procedure that yields spatiotemporal luminous results. While these simulations require defining a complex set of input variables, architects can easily fine-tune the precision of internal inputs, but external inputs, especially Typical Weather Datasets (TWDs), remain beyond their direct control. The implications of adopting weather data in simulation tools, particularly solar radiation, have thereby been acknowledged, especially when initial approximations of daylighting performance are required during the early stages of design. This gave rise to two distinct, yet related, active areas of research: (i) comparing the capabilities of different TWDs under various daylighting situations, and (ii) generating a specific type of TWDs that depends mainly on solar radiation data, known as Typical Solar Radiation Years (TSRYs). Within the context of daylight simulations, this work represents an unprecedented contribution that systematically investigates the growing directions on the comparison of TWDs (84 comparisons over 11 studies, published between 2013 and 2021) and generation of TSRYs (183 generation attempts over 27 studies, published between 1994 and 2023). Building upon ten established questions, this work puts a particular focus on three hierarchal review scopes: original long-term data, generation process and limitations. This review is conducted with the architects’ nature in mind to clarify nuances of weather datasets and their generation procedures, uncovering knowledge gaps in the related research domain, while sketching future perspectives and missing opportunities. Ultimately, this shall improve the reliability of adopting these datasets in daylight simulations, making them more comprehensible for architects with diverse expertise and backgrounds.

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关于生成日光模拟典型太阳辐射年的 10 个问题：系统评价


日光研究总是带来越来越复杂的新要求，遵循几乎相同的模拟程序，产生时空发光结果。虽然这些模拟需要定义一组复杂的输入变量，但架构师可以轻松微调内部输入的精度，但外部输入，尤其是典型天气数据集 （TWD），仍然超出了他们的直接控制范围。因此，在仿真工具中采用天气数据（尤其是太阳辐射）的影响已得到认可，尤其是在设计的早期阶段需要对日光性能进行初步近似时。这产生了两个不同但相关的活跃研究领域：（i） 比较不同 TWD 在不同日光情况下的能力，以及 （ii） 生成一种主要取决于太阳辐射数据的特定类型的 TWD，称为典型太阳辐射年 （TSRY）。在日光模拟的背景下，这项工作代表了前所未有的贡献，它系统地调查了 TWD（2013 年至 2021 年间发表的 11 项研究中的 84 次比较）和 TSRY 生成（27 项研究中的 183 次生成尝试，1994 年至 2023 年间发表）比较的增长方向。基于十个既定问题，这项工作特别关注三个分层审查范围：原始长期数据、生成过程和局限性。本综述的进行考虑到了建筑师的本质，以阐明天气数据集及其生成程序的细微差别，揭示相关研究领域的知识差距，同时勾勒出未来的前景和错失的机会。 最终，这将提高在日光模拟中采用这些数据集的可靠性，使具有不同专业知识和背景的建筑师更容易理解它们。