Comments on: Detroit Lakes in BEST

By: Detroit Lakes in BEST « Bee Auditor

Detroit Lakes in BEST « Bee Auditor — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 23:37:48 +0000

[...] Source: http://climateaudit.org/2011/10/29/detroit-lakes-in-best/ [...]

By: Pre-Prints and Pre-Data | Watts Up With That?

Pre-Prints and Pre-Data | Watts Up With That? — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 21:47:30 +0000

[...] release was not even the raw data. It was processed by removing the monthly averages … but we don’t know what those averages were, or how they were [...]

By: WillR

WillR — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 15:31:44 +0000

For those who want to follow the R Discussions but need a quick course or refresher… I am going to suggest the Andrew Robinson documents as they seem to bring you along fairly rapidly…

Just click on this link:
http://www.ms.unimelb.edu.au/~andrewpr/

The go to the R-Users group directory to download his notes and data. There are a few quirks to entwrig the listings — but that’s all..

Start a new edit window, then just cut and paste from the book and remove the chevrons “>” and the Pluses “+” from the beginning of each line when you paste — that should do it.. The “Select and Execute”…

You can continue to add to a script and just execute the new part using the “Edit” menu — “Run Line or Selection”..

Then save the script at appropriate points and carry on with the lessons.

By: GaryW

GaryW — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 03:10:13 +0000

Steve,
If you don’t mind a little amateurish work, I done a quick writeup of my examination of BEST data for my town. I was careful to use only the simplest manipulation of data so as to preserve as much of its original content as practical. I am not impressed with the quality of the work from BEST.

http://climate.n0gw.net/BEST_data_for_Lebanon_Missouri.pdf

Gary Wescom

By: Bruce

Bruce — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 16:57:53 +0000

What is the data (Steve supplied) from BEST actually describing? I looked at my home town (the years were right).

The first 4 months:

BEST: 8.892 8.109 8.241 7.421

Environment Canada Mean: 2.6 2.3 4.5 6.4

Environment Canada Max: 6.5 6.8 10.1 11.6

By: hro001

hro001 — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 05:37:08 +0000

Steve: Thanks, Hilary. That’s what I wanted

You’re most welcome, Steve. Your usage of this Helpful Hint from Hilary™ gives me confidence to grant myself a brownie point for my (very minor) contribution to the advancement of understanding BEST

By: TerryMN

TerryMN — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 01:23:28 +0000

Kinda sorta related to the “too large for my computer…” – Oracle is now supporting R in the database – I’m hoping to get some time on an Exadata to push it…

info – http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/options/odm/oracle-r-enterprise-oow11-517498.pdf

By: Willis Eschenbach

Willis Eschenbach — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 00:18:02 +0000

Steve, have they released the raw data (as opposed to the “seasonally adjusted” data) yet? I find it frustrating to use data that’s been pre-munged …

Steve: there ‘s a very large file of original data. It was too large for my computer to read. Much of it will probably be the same as GHCN.

By: hro001

hro001 — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 23:03:27 +0000

You could try

... not sure how that will come through ... but here's a test (works in a post, so, at least in theory, it should work in a comment:

title("USHCN Raw v Best: Detroit Lakes")
mtext(side=3,line=0,cex=.9,font=2,"Renormalized")

Steve: Thanks, Hilary. That's what I wanted.

By: BillC

BillC — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 22:16:30 +0000

thx got it