Accession Number:

AD0276185

Title:

CORRECTING CERTAIN WIND STATISTICS FOR BIAS

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CALIFORNIA UNIV BERKELEY INST OF ENGINEERING RESEARCH

Report Date:

1961-02-15

Abstract:

Estimates of the parameters of wind statistics are needed to improve the techniques of fallout prediction. In this report, corrections for biases due to the fact that the raw data is reported in polar coordinates and the fact that wind observations are not independent are presented. The biases for winter winds at Oakland have been computed as an illustration of the magnitudes. Author

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0001

Contract Number:

CD SR58 40

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