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Big Numbers in the News
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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RE: Big Numbers in the News - lrdheat - 06-05-2014 08:16 PM
RE: Big Numbers in the News - Mark Hardman - 06-05-2014, 08:58 PM
RE: Big Numbers in the News - Mark Hardman - 06-05-2014, 09:30 PM
RE: Big Numbers in the News - Mark Hardman - 06-05-2014, 09:44 PM
RE: Big Numbers in the News - rprosperi - 06-05-2014, 09:37 PM
RE: Big Numbers in the News - Mark Hardman - 06-06-2014, 01:27 AM
RE: Big Numbers in the News - JimP - 06-06-2014, 02:16 AM
RE: Big Numbers in the News - Garth Wilson - 06-06-2014, 02:16 AM
RE: Big Numbers in the News - Egan Ford - 06-07-2014, 08:18 PM
RE: Big Numbers in the News - Egan Ford - 06-08-2014, 03:02 AM
RE: Big Numbers in the News - Egan Ford - 06-07-2014, 08:41 PM
RE: Big Numbers in the News - Olivier (WA) - 09-16-2014, 10:45 PM



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