<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div>Barb,</div><div><br></div><div>Here is a nice description that John wrote about the output. I apparently neglected to include it in the new documentation. Thank you for catching the omission.</div><div><br></div><div>Tressa</div><div><br></div><div><!--StartFragment--><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">1. For the ROW_MEAN_WDIR line,
each of the input VL1L2 lines is treated separately and given equal
weight.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The mean forecast wind
direction, mean observation wind direction, and the associated error are
computed for each of these lines.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Then the means are computed across all of these forecast wind
directions, observation wind directions, and their errors.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">2. For the AGGR_WDIR line, the
input VL1L2 lines are first aggregated into a single line of partial sums where
the weight for each line is determined by the number of points it
represents.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>From this aggregated line,
the mean forecast wind direction, observation wind direction, and the
associated error are computed and written out.</p>
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</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>On Apr 16, 2009, at 4:32 PM, <a href="mailto:met_help-owner@mailman.ucar.edu">met_help-owner@mailman.ucar.edu</a> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">As list administrator, your authorization is requested for the<br>following mailing list posting:<br><br> List: <a href="mailto:Met_help@mailman.ucar.edu">Met_help@mailman.ucar.edu</a><br> From: <a href="mailto:bsauter@arl.army.mil">bsauter@arl.army.mil</a><br> Subject: stat analysis wind direction question (UNCLASSIFIED)<br> Reason: Post by non-member to a members-only list<br><br>At your convenience, visit:<br><br> <a href="http://mailman.ucar.edu/mailman/admindb/met_help">http://mailman.ucar.edu/mailman/admindb/met_help</a><br><br>to approve or deny the request.<br><br><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">"Sauter, Barbara (Civ, ARL/CISD)" <<a href="mailto:bsauter@arl.army.mil">bsauter@arl.army.mil</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">April 16, 2009 4:32:05 PM MDT<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><<a href="mailto:met_help@ucar.edu">met_help@ucar.edu</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><b>stat analysis wind direction question (UNCLASSIFIED)</b><br></span></div><br><br>Classification: UNCLASSIFIED <br>Caveats: NONE<br><br>Hello,<br> Can someone explain to me what ROW_MEAN_WDIR and AGGR_WDIR are (as<br>in the results I got pasted at the end of this message)? I've looked,<br>but can't find an explanation.<br> I'm having multiple problems with StatAnalysis, but will take a<br>fresh look at it tomorrow before I ask for more help. <br><br>Thank you,<br>Barb Sauter<br><a href="mailto:bsauter@arl.army.mil">bsauter@arl.army.mil</a><br>(575) 678-2840<br><br><br><br>**************************************************<br>JOB_LIST: -job aggregate_stat -obtype ADPSFC -line_type VL1L2<br>-out_line_type WDIR<br> COL_NAME: TOTAL FBAR OBAR ME MAE <br>ROW_MEAN_WDIR: 50 337.21149 319.26266 -13.29803 20.94271<br> AGGR_WDIR: 1063 334.55875 317.01885 -17.53990 NA <br>Classification: UNCLASSIFIED <br>Caveats: NONE<br><br><br><br><br><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">met_help-request@mailman.ucar.edu<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><b>confirm 4d3a77aecc2d9d13946410fe692ef8cad6859603</b><br></span></div><br><br>If you reply to this message, keeping the Subject: header intact,<br>Mailman will discard the held message. Do this if the message is<br>spam. If you reply to this message and include an Approved: header<br>with the list password in it, the message will be approved for posting<br>to the list. The Approved: header can also appear in the first line<br>of the body of the reply.<br><br></blockquote></div><br></body></html>