Is it colder at the approach end of the runway?

Jose wrote:
re spending money to figure that out. I thought that was common
knowledge.

Well, sometimes things that are common knowledge are incorrect.

Jose

Jose, you sound like your buddy MX. When I returned from luch today I walked
from a concrete parking lot over about 10 feet of grass to enter the
building. I did not need airborne equipment to tell me it was warmer over
the concrete than it was over the grass.

On Apr 2, 11:13 am, "Gig 601XL Builder" wrDOTgiaconaATsuddenlink.net
wrote:
Jose wrote:
re spending money to figure that out. I thought that was common
knowledge.

Well, sometimes things that are common knowledge are incorrect.

Jose

Jose, you sound like your buddy MX. When I returned from luch today I walked
from a concrete parking lot over about 10 feet of grass to enter the
building. I did not need airborne equipment to tell me it was warmer over
the concrete than it was over the grass.

hehehe, I'm sure that's true. My guess is that they are trying to
quantify the effect, maybe even come up with a formula to predict the
effect on temps by cities. They also mentioned that some roofing
material appears to bring more heat than others and that it may affect
the cities temps.

-Robert

On Apr 2, 11:13 am, "Gig 601XL Builder" wrDOTgiaconaATsuddenlink.net
wrote:
Jose wrote:
re spending money to figure that out. I thought that was common
knowledge.

Well, sometimes things that are common knowledge are incorrect.

Jose

Jose, you sound like your buddy MX. When I returned from luch today I walked
from a concrete parking lot over about 10 feet of grass to enter the
building. I did not need airborne equipment to tell me it was warmer over
the concrete than it was over the grass.

BTW: My original interest in the story was thinking about the lucky
pilot who got the job to fly a Citation (as I recall) around in
circles for 4 hours/day. Where do I sign up?

-robert

Gig 601XL Builder wrDOTgiaconaATsuddenlink.net wrote:
Jose wrote:
re spending money to figure that out. I thought that was common
knowledge.

Well, sometimes things that are common knowledge are incorrect.

Jose

Jose, you sound like your buddy MX. When I returned from luch today I walked
from a concrete parking lot over about 10 feet of grass to enter the
building. I did not need airborne equipment to tell me it was warmer over
the concrete than it was over the grass.

Well, yeah, but I wouldn't use that to make the decision as to whether
or not huge piles of money should be spent to combat global warming.

I think we need something from traceable, calibrated instruments with
error bars on the numbers, which is what hopefully the airplane is
getting.

--
Jim Pennino

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re spending money to figure that out. I thought that was common
knowledge.

Well, sometimes things that are common knowledge are incorrect.

Jose

Jose, you sound like your buddy MX. When I returned from luch today I
walked
from a concrete parking lot over about 10 feet of grass to enter the
building. I did not need airborne equipment to tell me it was warmer
over
the concrete than it was over the grass.

Well, yeah, but I wouldn't use that to make the decision as to whether
or not huge piles of money should be spent to combat global warming.

I think we need something from traceable, calibrated instruments with
error bars on the numbers, which is what hopefully the airplane is
getting.

--
Jim Pennino

Just to add a little more "food for thought" to the Global Warming issue: I
recently heard another of those poorly attributed sotries on radio. In this
case, it seems that some of the Siberian reporting stations were
abandonned--so the subsequent data was merely compiled without them...

As to the original question, I presume that the road near the approach end
of the runway is simply in a less built-up area that the rest of Chris'
Dad's morning commute. That would be nothing new; there has been a very
noticeable change of temperature in less than a quarter mile--in that type
of transition--for as long as I can remember. With the windows open, you
can suddenly wonder if you should have brought a jacket...

Peter