Comparing Correlations between Weather Maps with Similar Isobaric Configurations but Varying Pressure Intensities,
Abstract
In all 4th Weather Wing and 12th Weather Squadron map typing studies one mathematical formula has been used exclusively as the basis for determining the similarity between weather map patterns. This paper illustrates how this linear correlation coefficient formula behaves when it is used to correlate surface weather map patterns that are similarily configured but differ in respect to their direction of flow patterns, their pressure gradients and their pressure magnitude. Ten pictorial surface weather maps are used as examples in the computer correlation procedure and the results clarify the relationship between similar map types, their pressure gradients and their degree of correlation with each other. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 01, 1973
- Accession Number
- AD0775361
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People
- Peter R. Scholefield