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Old 14-04-2014, 09:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Peter Ward View Post
I went to a briefing some years ago on the Capricorn flight planning system.... A guy from Suitland Meterolology proudly claimed they were getting close to 49% accuracy with their predictions...

Someone muttered, so if they reverse a forecast, their predictions would actually improve?? Measurement science? Well, maybe, one day....

Peter - Metrology is not about weather:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrology

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Metrology is the science of measurement.
Metrology includes all theoretical and practical aspects of measurement.
May I suggest you look at all 7 pages of this thread:

http://stargazerslounge.com/topic/18...-rc-dissambly/


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Allan
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