Large Data Set Flashcards
What are the data sets measured in the large data set for UK locations?
- Daily mean temperature
- Daily total rainfall
- Daily total sunshine
- Daily mean wind direction
- Daily mean windspeed
- Daily maximum gust
- Daily maximum realative humididty
- Daily mean visibility
- Daily mean pressure
- Daily mean cloud cover
What are the 5 UK weather stations?
- Leuchars, Scotland
- Leeming, North England
- Heathrow, South East England
- Hurn, South England
- Camborne, South West England
What are the 3 international weather stations?
- Jacksonville, East USA
- Bejing, Eastern China
- Perth, Western Australia
What measurements are taken for the international stations?
- Daily mean temperature
- Daily total rainfall
- Daily mean pressure
- Daily mean windspeed
What are the details about daily mean temperature?
Unit - Degrees Celcius
What are the details about daily total rainfall?
Unit - mm
less than 0.05mm = tr or trace
What are the details about daily total sunshine?
Recoreded to nearest 10th of an hour
What are the details about daily mean wind direction?
Unit - bearings or cardinal directions
What are the details about daily mean windspeed?
Categorised using the Beaufort scale
What are the Beufort scale categories?
0 - Calm - < 1kn
1-3 - Light - 1 to 10kn
4 - Moderate - 11 to 16kn
5 - Fresh - 17 to 21kn
What are the details about daily maximum gust?
Unit - Knots
Direction is also recorded
What are the details about daily maximum relative humidity?
Unit - percentage of air saturation
Anything above 95% is misty or foggy conditions
What are the details about daily mean pressure?
Unit - hPa
What are the details about daily mean cloud cover?
Unit - Oktas or 8ths of sky covered
What are the details about daily mean visibility?
Unit - decametres (Dm)
Greatest horizontal distance which and object can be seen in daylight.
