Estimated frequency of cold temperatures over the northern hemisphere /

• Main Authors: Salmela, Henry A., Sissenwine, Norman., Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories (U.S.)
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Temperature forecasting; Minimum; Atmospheric temperature; Bedford; Greenland; Siberia
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015095133537

Military equipment must be designed to operate at very cold temperatures, at extremes that have a small probability of being attained, perhaps only a few hours a month. The percentage of time during the coldest month that temperatures as cold or colder than -40, -50, -60, and -70F are estimated and...