Received: from zonker.hpl.hp.com by jr.hpl.hp.com with SMTP (1.37.109.8/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1) id AA26722; Mon, 24 Jan 1994 17:45:47 -0800 Return-Path: <poulton@zonker.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis> Received: by zonker.hpl.hp.com (1.37.109.8/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1) id AA02213; Mon, 24 Jan 1994 17:45:39 -0800 Date: Mon, 24 Jan 1994 17:45:39 -0800 From: Ken Poulton <poulton@zonker.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis> Message-Id: <9401250145.AA02213@zonker.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis> To: wind_talk@jr.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis 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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