tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9093436161326155359.post1353603590948438386..comments2024-03-28T06:43:02.954+00:00Comments on Variable Variability: Measuring extreme temperatures in Uccle, BelgiumVictor Venemahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02842816166712285801noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9093436161326155359.post-31591395215483682932015-10-09T21:50:21.962+01:002015-10-09T21:50:21.962+01:00:-) Fortunately, we are talking here about the dif...:-) Fortunately, we are talking here about the difference between two measurement set-ups. And about the difference between the small bias in the mean compared to the bias in the extremes. It has to be a completely different climate before that would be wrong for this combination of two instruments. <br /><br />What worries me more is that the instruments and screens are very well maintained at the main office by people with a lot of expertise. That can also influence the difference and could be very different elsewhere in Belgium. That is unfortunately typical for parallel measurements, you find them most near main offices of weather services.Victor Venemahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02842816166712285801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9093436161326155359.post-12211981021461059622015-10-09T21:23:16.799+01:002015-10-09T21:23:16.799+01:00Uccle has a lot to answer for. Located, as Eli re...Uccle has a lot to answer for. Located, as Eli recalls, in a valley in the middle of an industrial area it was subject until quite recently to really bad air pollution. The stratospheric ozone Dobson measurements were falsified by SO2 pollution and succeeded in confusing everybunny. Without a doubt one of the worst locations for a climate station in the historical networkEliRabetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07957002964638398767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9093436161326155359.post-58705781252108437652015-10-06T09:55:46.235+01:002015-10-06T09:55:46.235+01:00Kevin O'Neill, I agree with you that that pape...Kevin O'Neill, I agree with you that that paper is suspicious, but your comment is off topic below this post.Victor Venemahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02842816166712285801noreply@blogger.com