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Large Data Set Flashcards

1
Q

What months does the large data set have information on??

A

May-October

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2
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How many decimal places is temperature rounded to?

A

1dp

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3
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What does n/a mean?

A

Not available

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4
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What are the range of times covered when measuring mean Temp??

A

9:00am to 9:00am

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5
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What is the northern most location recorded in the Uk?

A

Leuchars

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6
Q

What location is just below Leuchars??

A

Leeming

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7
Q

Which location in in the South west of the Uk??

A

Camborne

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8
Q

Which UK locations are in the coast?

A

Leuchars, Cambourne, Hurn

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9
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Which UK location is closest to Reading??

A

Heathrow

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10
Q

State the three worldwide locations and their countries.

A

Jacksonville, America
Beijing, China
Perth, Australia

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11
Q

What are the years included??

A

1987 & 2015

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12
Q

What units is rainfall

Measured in??

A

mm

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13
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What does ‘Trace’ mean??

A

Less that 0.05mm of rainfall.

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14
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How is Daily Relative Humidity measured??

A

Percentage of maximum water vapour that could be in the air.

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15
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What are the four sifflent types that wind is measured in??

A

Daily mean windspeed

Daily mean wind direction

Daily max gust

Daily max gust direction

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16
Q

What scale is used to measure the speed of the wind??

A

Beaufort scale

17
Q

What are wind directions measured in the Uk??

A

Cardinal directions (North,South,East,West)

18
Q

What is visibility measured in??

A

Decametres (Dm)

19
Q

What is visibility?

A

The greatest Distance at which an object can be seen and recognised in daylight and at night if illumination were raised to daylight.

20
Q

What is pressure measured in?

A

Hectoral Pascals (hPa)

21
Q

What is daily mean total cloud cover?

A

Cloud cover is the fraction of the celestial dome covered in cloud.

22
Q

What units is daily mean total cloud cover measured in??

A

It is measured in eighths. Oktas so the max value is 8.

23
Q

What is the lowest amount of hours that a location has with or without sunshine??

A

Zero hours

24
Q

What is the maximum amount of hours that Heathrow experience of total sunshine??

A

15 hours

25
Q

Which months have the highest average temperatures in the UK?

A

July and August

26
Q

Which months are wettest for UK cities?

A

July, August and October

27
Q

Which location is the warmest in the UK?

A

Heathrow

28
Q

Which location is the coldest in the UK?

A

Leuchars

29
Q

Which locations are warmer worldwide?

A

Jacksonville

30
Q

Which locations are colder worldwide?

A

Perth

31
Q

Which of the cities is the wettest in the UK?

A

Camborne

32
Q

Which of the cities is the wettest worldwide?

A

Jacksonville

33
Q

Which of the cities is the driest in the UK?

A

Heathrow

34
Q

Which of the cities is the driest worldwide?

A

Beijing

35
Q

What is the windiest month in the UK?

A

May

36
Q

What is the windiest months Worldwide?

A

May and October

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