The results confirm Fountain and Vecchia (1999) conclusion that
the number of measurements necessary to determine mass balance on small alpine glaciers is scale invariant, in this case that 40 points satisfactorily minimized errors on both glaciers.
In an examination of the error in mass balance measurements using different sampling densities, it was noted on the Columbia Glacier that the total
number of measurements necessary to achieve consistent accuracy within +0.10 was 40 points (Pelto, 2000).
In both cases the total
number of measurements necessary to achieve consistent accuracy within +0.10 was 40 points.
The expedition was mandated to gather
a number of measurements necessary for the design and conception phase of the station.
Not exact matches
That conclusion, based on a full but complicated analysis
of every possible
measurement ¬ — complaints to Ombudsfolk, audit reports
of all kinds,
measurement of times and
numbers, review
of agency work and outsourcing — stands up against every possible reservation, such as the argument that costs and complaints would have risen even more had the reforms not been undertaken, or that social change made it
necessary for government to run faster to stand still.
Swapping the ease
of a single
number for the apparently clumsier interval
of numbers has been controversial among some chemists, but additional precision in
measurements in recent years has shown the change is
necessary for accuracy.
However, these approaches have significant drawbacks, including inconsistency; limitations in the
number of simultaneous labels because
of spectral overlap; and
necessary pertur - bations
of the experiment, such as fixing the cells, to generate the
measurement.
334: Philip: it is by no mean
necessary to make a huge
number of measurements before observing a 5 sigma event, because the «sigma» is evaluated with the noise WITHOUT the external cause that superimposes to the noise.
The lagging is a question
of closing depth
of the bubbles, while the resolution is a matter
of diffusion
of CO2 through the firn before the bubbles close and the
number of layers
necessary to have enough sample for a CO2
measurement.