Abstract
Random errors, biases or trends of climatological means calculated from V.O.F. ship data may be induced through instrumental or observational errors, or changes in instrumental equipment and observing practices. Additionally, long period area means can be biased by uneven distribution of the basic observations (1) in the time of the day as well as of the month and (2) in space. This has been shown in a comprehensive work by Weare and Strubb (1981). In the following we quote some random and systematic errors of the basic data, which are known to effect long-term monthly averages.
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Isemer, HJ., Hasse, L. (1985). Random and Systematic Errors. In: The Bunker Climate Atlas of the North Atlantic Ocean. Topics in Atmospheric and Oceanographic Sciences. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-82543-9_4
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