Large Data Set Info

Question 1

5 British Data Set Locations ordered North - South

Answer 1

-Leuchars
-Leeming
-Heathrow
-Hurn
-Camborne

Question 2

3 overseas locations ordered North - South

Answer 2

-Jacksonville
-Beijing
-Perth

Question 3

Important information to remember about overseas locations

Answer 3

All on the coast

Question 4

How do you measure daily maximum temperature?

Answer 4

Degrees Celsius

Question 5

How do you measure daily total rainfall?

Answer 5

Mm

Question 6

How do you measure daily total sunshine?

Answer 6

Hours

Question 7

How do you measure daily maximum humidity?

Answer 7

% - mist and fog if greater than 95%

Question 8

How do you measure daily maximum wind speed/wing gust?

Answer 8

Knots (1kn = 1.15mph) + Beaufort Scale

Question 9

What is the Beaufort Scale?

Answer 9

A discrete data set of 13 values from 0 (calm, less than 1kn) to 12 (hurricane, greater than 64kn)

Question 10

How do you measure daily mean wind direction/gust direction?

Answer 10

Bearing and Cardinal Direction(North, South,East,West etc.)

Question 11

How do you measure cloud coverage?

Answer 11

Oktas - discrete scale of 9 values (0-8)

Question 12

How do you measure visibility?

Answer 12

Dm - decametres, 1Dm = 10m

Question 13

How do you measure pressure?

Answer 13

hPa- hectopascals, 1hPa = 100Pa

Question 14

What does n/a mean?

Answer 14

Reading not available

Question 15

What does tr mean?

Answer 15

Trace - rainfall less than 0.05mm

Question 16

What are the 2 time periods data is collected between?

Answer 16

May-Oct 1987 and May-Oct 2015

Question 17

What is the difference between Perth and all other data locations?

Answer 17

Perth in southern hemisphere - so its winter is over summer months

Question 18

What events happened in 1987?

Answer 18

Great Storm of 1987(October - UK) and Hurricane Floyd (October - USA)

Question 19

What event happened in 2015?

Answer 19

Hurricane Joaquin (USA)