Re: 2008 World Temperatures

On Wed, 17 Dec 2008 at 12:08:18, Graham Easterling <GEasterling@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in uk.sci.weather :

It does minimise the error. I read my barometer to the nearest mb. If
I had 1,000 barometers calibrated to the same standard, and managed to
read them all at the same time, and took the mean, it would be
reasonable to quote it to a higher level of precision.

I was always told that you mustn't quote an average to a greater precision than the accuracy of the instrument. That doesn't necessarily mean I abide by that, though... :)
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Paul Hyett, Cheltenham (change 'invalid83261' to 'blueyonder' to email me)
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