Large Data Set Info Flashcards
What is daily mean total cloud measured in
Octas
What is visibility measured in
DM
What is mean wind speed measured in
Beafourt conversion or knots
What is sunshine measured in
Hours
What is pressure measures in
hPa
What is rainfall measured in
Mm
What is windspeed measrued in
Knots or Beaufort conversion
Only location in Southern Hemisphere
Perth
Places in england north to south
Leuchars Leeming Hethrow Hurn Camborne
Where to tr and N/A not appear
Overseas
Meaning of tr or trace
Less than 0.05mm of rain, use 0.025 in calculation
What is maxium gust measures in
Bearings or cardinal direction
What is mean wind direction measured in
Cardinal directions
N,NNE ( 16)
Dates covered in large data set
1st of may till october 31st
6 months or 184 days
3 overseas locations
Perth
Florida
Beijing
Beijing 1987 and 2015
Significantly colder may to September
5 variables overseas
Daily mean temperature (°C) Daily total rainfall (mm) Daily mean pressure (hPa) Daily mean wind speed (knots) Daily mean wind speed ( Beaufort conversion )
What are the 2 types of data from the large data set that cannot be normatively distributed
Rainfall , doesn’t fall around the mean
Daily mean wind direction ( Beaufort conversion )
