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Chaucer:
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I was having dinner with my science friend Bruce the other night and he asked about Cooper. I told him there was a big discussion about the flight path and the placard drift rate. Bruce is retired from JPL, created the first clear air turbulence instrument and was on the team that discovered the ozone hole. He described the boundary layer  over land (as opposed to water) as going from 0-3000 feet or so and it is in this layer that the winds typically are in a different direction from winds aloft. He said the way to answer the question is get the radiosonde data from those dates in that area and it would show the winds from ground to 12K+ feet or so. It turns out that the data is tricky to get and condense into readable form so I had to bribe him with a steak dinner and now we have the data!

The two closest locations were Salem just south of Portland and Quillayute Bruce said was just west of Seattle. They launch twice a day at 5pm and 5am so that is the data we have. I had him pull a second random day Nov 11 for comparison and you can see that the winds then were actually east near the ground. Nov 24 looks pretty consistent all the way down but seems to be more southerly than we had estimated. Now you can do a proper analysis. :)

Tom Kaye

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This is Tom's original post about the radiosonde data.

Here is his last sentence for emphasis:

Nov 24 looks pretty consistent all the way down but seems to be more southerly than we had estimated.

If you believe the theory that the ground winds were consistent with the winds aloft is baseless, perhaps you should take it up with Tom.

Also, I know the winds aloft were measured by the balloons. You keep trying to pick a fight over things we agree with. As unbelievable as it may be to you, you are not the only one who understands this stuff.

Rather than trying to be confrontational, condescending, and argumentative, perhaps you should cooperate and collaborate in good faith.

This isn't a contest on who is smarter or who gets the right answer first. It's about everyone working together to find the truth. That's why I share the information that I find with everyone rather than working alone in the dark. It's also why I am comfortable admitting when I am wrong or when I don't know something and asking for help. I don't have all the answers. Spoiler alert: neither do you. Maybe all of us together can change that.

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