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Atmospheric Observation under Sampling Problem: The Impact of Unresolved Micro-Scale Boundary Layer Eddies on Climate Trends
Biogeoscience Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
Biogeoscience Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
- 1 Biogeoscience Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
- 2 Biogeoscience Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
Open Journal of Statistics·Volume 07 (2017)·Pages 964–971·Published 15 November 2017·DOI10.4236/ojs.2017.76068
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Abstract
The observed basic weather variables are the main representative of climate trends and the atmosphere. The unresolved meteorological scale in weather observation such as micro scale, can produce a noticeable bias in amplitude, frequency, phase and climate trend of each observed variable time series. The bias in climate trend due to a small scale eddy can be as high as the amplitude of the eddy which could be greater than 1 ° C in a temperature trend. Such biased measurements of the state of the atmosphere limit all climate related studies.
KeywordsWeather ObservationSignal AnalysisFast Fourier TransformEddy
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