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phantom power

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7. it certainly assumes the distribution is symmetric, or nearly so.

Reply to Demeter (Reply #6)

Wed Jul 11, 2012, 04:54 PM

Jul 2012

My understanding of temperature measurements is that they are generally well modeled as gaussians, or a signal with gaussian noise. So, in any general location and time of year, the data you measure will be gaussian.

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I have a comment on these temperature record pie charts: [View all] phantom power Jul 2012 OP

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We should start flamingdem Jul 2012 #11

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And he is making $Millions$ doing it. rgbecker Jul 2012 #3

Jesus, that really drives the point home, doesn't it? nt GliderGuider Jul 2012 #4

Shamelessly shared on FB nt GliderGuider Jul 2012 #5

I just realized I forgot link, which I corrected in the OP phantom power Jul 2012 #9

I'm not convinced that in the absence of Man, the Highs and lows would be equaling out Demeter Jul 2012 #6

it certainly assumes the distribution is symmetric, or nearly so. phantom power Jul 2012 #7

Pretty cool - it's kind of like the clock on the cover of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists . . hatrack Jul 2012 #8

If those charts were clocks pscot Jul 2012 #10

The catastrophic decline of the arctic ice cap is causing... joshcryer Jul 2012 #12

As you say, it would be easy to overlook the cumulative effect ... Nihil Jul 2012 #13

Or something along the lines of XemaSab Jul 2012 #14

I think one of the articles linked from the one in the OP has a clearer picture caraher Jul 2012 #15

Wouldn't one also expect the trend to go closer to 1:1 each decade? XemaSab Jul 2012 #16

I think that's right caraher Jul 2012 #17