User talk:Kr-val

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Meromictic Lakes[edit]

Thanks for tracking down the origin of the term "meromictic." I made the original, and apparently incorrect, edit attributing it to Hutchinson some time ago. Since then I'd noticed some references older than the Hutchinson treatise that apparently used the word, so I was glad to see that you've documented an earlier usage. Easchiff 02:58, 5 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Nice to hear from you. This is not part of my core knowlegde. I just happened to stumble on this piece of information while reading the article by Hakala, so I felt that I had to correct the information here since the english language version of Wikipedia is very much used for other language versions. (I consider the Swedish Wikipedia as my home.) The Hakala article contains some other things which I plan to add to the article when time permitts. --Kr-val (talk) 08:02, 5 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not an expert either, as you discovered; I happen to live near some meromictic lakes. I've done a little formatting to your references, and found a journal publication by Hakala, which most scientists prefer to cite instead of a dissertation. I hope you have the time to do more work on the article! Easchiff 10:14, 5 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Wind averaging in the United States[edit]

The United States has used various time intervals for wind averaging over the years. For instance, 20 years ago, we all used a 1 minute average. When we switched to METAR reporting in 1996, that became 2 minutes, but NHC never changed the average they use. They are special, after all, and somehow don't have to conform with the standards used in the remainder of the NWS. Thegreatdr (talk) 23:02, 7 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]