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BENJAMIN RATNER

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The U.S. Weather Bureau is replacing instrument-sheltered thermometers with hygrothermometers. Indications have been received that readings from the old and new installations are in many cases not compatible. Causes and extent of the differences are discussed.

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BENJAMIN RATNER

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An easily applied statistical method for adjusting wind roses that are biased toward prime (intermediate) directions is developed on the basis of several reasonable assumptions, The method gives estimates of the excess observations from each prime (intermediate) direction and the number to be restored to each intermediate (prime) direction. An example of a directionally biased wind rose and the computations for correcting it are given.

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