date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 21:47:11 -0500 from: Mike MacCracken subject: On corrections during World War II to: Phil Jones Hi Phil--I was reviewing a paper and noting the differences during World War II and thought up another potential bias that I wonder if is being corrected for in the ship measurements. Namely, what I am wondering is if account was taken of the likely different loading (and so height of measurement--for air and water) of the ships as they went east and west. Basically, the ships were heavy laden going east and virtually empty coming back, and so there might well be a need to correct the observations accordingly. Just a thought--as the only place the models and observations seem different is over the ocean during WWII. Best, Mike