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Old July 28th 16, 03:37 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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I wish I knew how that was calculated too!
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Old July 31st 16, 06:07 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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On Wednesday, July 27, 2016 at 10:38:12 PM UTC-4, wrote:
I wish I knew how that was calculated too!


It seems likely that they use a method very similar to the math on page 4 of this document:

http://angel.elte.hu/thermalling/mai...ppAppendix.pdf
 




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