| contributor author | Hinton, Barry B. | |
| contributor author | Wylie, Donald P. | |
| date accessioned | 2017-06-09T14:08:36Z | |
| date available | 2017-06-09T14:08:36Z | |
| date copyright | 1985/09/01 | |
| date issued | 1985 | |
| identifier issn | 0739-0572 | |
| identifier other | ams-132.pdf | |
| identifier uri | http://onlinelibrary.yabesh.ir/handle/yetl/4148623 | |
| description abstract | The errors in ship wind reports of light winds tend to significantly bias their mean. This occurs because wind speed is a scalar quantity that is constrained to zero or positive values. Therefore, observations tend to overestimate the light winds because of the one-sided distribution of errors, but the bias disappears under stronger winds. A method for removing this bias from ship data is presented. In particular, the method is applied to interpreting the ratios of wind speeds observed by ships to those obtained from tracking low level clouds. Contracted ratios allow low cloud speeds to serve as proxy data for surface based observations. | |
| publisher | American Meteorological Society | |
| title | A Correction for the Errors in Ship Reports of Light Winds | |
| type | Journal Paper | |
| journal volume | 2 | |
| journal issue | 3 | |
| journal title | Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology | |
| identifier doi | 10.1175/1520-0426(1985)002<0353:ACFTEI>2.0.CO;2 | |
| journal fristpage | 353 | |
| journal lastpage | 356 | |
| tree | Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology:;1985:;volume( 002 ):;issue: 003 | |
| contenttype | Fulltext | |