Received: from hpoclrf.sj.hp.com by opus.hpl.hp.com with SMTP (1.37.109.8/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1) id AA12547; Mon, 24 Jan 1994 17:28:45 -0800 Return-Path: <kirk@hpmsd3.sj.hp.com-DeleteThis> Received: by hpmsd3.sj.hp.com (1.37.109.8/15.5+IOS 3.22) id AA00321; Mon, 24 Jan 1994 17:29:50 -0800 From: Kirk Lindstrom <kirk@hpmsd3.sj.hp.com-DeleteThis> Message-Id: <9401250129.AA00321@hpmsd3.sj.hp.com-DeleteThis> Subject: Re: south wind To: wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis () Date: Mon, 24 Jan 94 17:29:49 PST Cc: poulton@hplabs.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis (Ken Poulton) In-Reply-To: <9401250116.AA00935@zonker.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis>; from "Ken Poulton" at Jan 24, 94 5:18 pm Mailer: Elm [revision: 70.85]
I think the little error will distort your
statistics.
> Oh, right, I have Data.
>
> SF Buoy (off the GG) in August 93:
> column = air sea
> n = 230 229
> min = 53.2 55.2
> max = 64.4 1015
^^^^
Is this the Sun or SF Bay? 8-)
(1015-63)/229=4.2 so I'd put the mean at 58.6 or
there abouts. I think the avg is 56-58 so the
higher avg is due to El Nino.
> sum = 1.323e+04 1.439e+04
> mean = 57.54 62.82 <----
> sdev = 1.979 63.21
> frac_sdev = 0.0344 1.006
> var = 3.918 3996
^^^^^^
a clue.
> corr = 0.0627
>
> In December 93:
> column = air sea
> n = 208 208
> min = 40.6 52.3
> max = 57.4 55.9
> sum = 1.065e+04 1.124e+04
> mean = 51.21 54.02 <----
> sdev = 3.568 1.012
> frac_sdev = 0.06968 0.01873
> var = 12.73 1.024
> corr = 0.5791
>
> Ken Poulton
> poulton@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis
Never trust a "lab guy" with practical things
like statistics! 8-)
Kirk (damn near went today) out
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