SP-399 SKYLAB EREP Investigations Summary

 

TABLE 5-III.-Component Variance Analysis for the-Three Highest Nadir Angles [From ref. 549]

(a) Skylab 2 and 3 data

Windspeed range, knots

Type (a)

Variance, (knots)2

Unexplained variance, (knots)2 (c)

Unexplained standard deviation, knots (d)

No. of cells scanned

Total

Meteorological

Radar

VV b

HH b

HV/VH b

VV

HH

HV/VH

VV

HH

HV/VH

VV

HH

HV/VH

VV

HH

HV/VH

.

e 0 to 10

A

11.2

-

-

5.7

1.9

0.9

1.2

3.6

-

-

1.9

-

-

16

-

-

e 11 to 20

A

84

9.9

10.4

12.5

1.9

.9

1.2

69.6

3.5

3.3

8.3

1.9

1.8

3

17

16

e 21 to 30

A

-

104.0

78.7

19.1

1.9

.9

1.2

-

84.0

58.4

-

9.2

7.6

-

3

3

O to 10

B

35.5

52.1

51.0

12.9

1.9

.9

1.2

20.7

38.3

36.9

4.5

6.2

6.1

4

8

8

11 to 20

B

27.4

28.5

25.3

25.8

1.9

.9

1.2

.3

1.8

1.7

.5

1.3

1.3

49

48

48

21 to 30

B

99

57.3

47.5

39.5

1.9

.9

1.2

57.6

16.9

6.8

7.6

4.1

2.6

5

2

2

O to 10

C

6.5

8.8

5.6

12.9

1.9

.9

1.2

8.3

5.0

8.5

2.9

2.2

2.9

9

1 1

9

11 to 20

C

12.5

13.2

10.2

25.8

1.9

.9

1.2

15.2

13.5

16.8

3.9

3.7

4.1

51

34

37

21 to 30

C

15.5

21.3

13.5

39.5

1.9

.9

1.2

25.9

19.1

272

5.1

4.4

5.2

2

2

1

O to 10

D

-

8.5

6.2

12.9

1.9

.9

1.2

-

S3

7.9

-

23

2.8

-

6

2

11 to 20

D

14.7

17.6

18.1

25.8

1.9

.9

1.2

13.0

9.1

8.9

3.6

3.0

3.0

28

25

26

21 to 30

D

-

66.1

-

39.5

1.9

.9

1.2

-

25.7

-

-

5.1

-

-

1

-

O to 10

BCD

15.4

22.6

27.5

12.9

1.9

.9

1.2

.6

8.8

13.4

.8

3.0

3.7

13

25

19

11 to 20

BCD

18.7

21.1

18.6

25.8

1.9

.9

1.2

9.0

5.6

8.4

3.0

24

29

128

107

111

21 to 30

BCD

75.1

44.6

36.1

39.5

1.9

.9

1.2

33.7

4.2

4.6

5.8

2.0

2.1

7

5

3

O to 10

SYN

11

8.88

10.7

27.9

1.9

.9

1.2

18.8

19.9

18.4

4.3

4.5

4.3

24

39

34

11 to 20

SYN

15.7

13.5

14.0

35.1

1.9

.9

1.2

21.3

225

223

4.6

4.7

4.7

135

130

127

21 to 30

SYN

55.8

56.2

35.4

55.8

1.9

.9

1.2

1.9

.5

21.6

1.4

.7

4.6

6

6

3

.

Totals f

332

332

316

a A-type data are for weather ships and aircraft underflights. The B-, C-, and D-type data are for ship reports of decreasing quality; SYN represents those cells for which the windspeed had to be determined from the isobaric pattern and the boundary-layer theory. The meteorological variance is lowest for type A; the same for B, C, and D; and highest for SYN.

b VV, vertical transmit, vertical receive; HH, horizontal transmit, horizontal receive; HV, horizontal transmit, vertical receive; VH, vertical transmit, horizontal receive.

c italicized numbers represent the amounts by which the sum of the meteorological-error variance and the radar-error variance exceeds the total variance.

d italicized numbers are the square roots of the corresponding values in the three corresponding preceding columns.

e O to 10 knots=0 to 5.1 m/sec; 11 to 20 knots = 5.6 to 10.3 m/sec; 21 to 30 knots=10.8 to 15.4 m/sec.

f Excluding type BCD.


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