Big Numbers in the News
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06-05-2014, 08:16 PM
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RE: Big Numbers in the News
In my field (meteorology), if a temperature appears in a digital display, such as a bank or car thermometer display, the reading is rarely questioned. A thermometer is taking the temperature of the themometer...if the thermometer is poorly exposed such as being in the sun or near a surface heated above true air temperature such as a black road surface, or where heat from an engine or from an a/c unit could be advected over the sensor, it (the thermometer) will heat up to a temperature above the true air temperature. This doesn't even deal with whether or not the thermometer is properly calibrated...
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