Re: south wind

From: Ken Poulton (poulton@zonker.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis)
Date: Mon Jan 24 1994 - 17:45:39 PST


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From: Ken Poulton <poulton@zonker.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis>
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Subject: Re: south wind


> I think the little error will distort your
> statistics.
> >
> SF Buoy(off
> > column = air sea
> > n = 230 229
> > min = 53.2 55.2
> > max = 64.4 1015
> ^^^^
> Is this the Sun or SF Bay? 8-)

Oh, okay, maybe there are a few points to throw out...
No wonder NWS has such a hard time making good forecasts. :-)

August:
>
> (1015-63)/229=4.2 so I'd put the mean at 58.6 or
> there abouts.

column = air sea
n = 228 228
min = 53.2 55.2
max = 64.4 66.4
sum = 1.312e+04 1.337e+04
mean = 57.55 58.65 <----- very good, Kirk!
sdev = 1.975 1.423
frac_sdev = 0.03431 0.02426
var = 3.899 2.024
corr = 0.6190

December:
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

So the GG buoy still shows a bit colder in winter, but not much.

My Bodega Bay data had a glitch in it, too. The June and July temp
is only 51 F, not 49. December mean is still 55 F.

Ken Poulton
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"It is also a good rule not to put too much confidence in experimental
results until they have been confirmed by theory."
                                        --Sir Arthur Eddington



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