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Not exact matches
Saildrone's fleet of sailboats — which are outfitted with dozens of sensors,
measurement tools, and cameras — can capture data on fish and wildlife populations, environmental health, ocean temperatures, weather, and
climate change.
Better predictions would require improved
climate -
measurement tools, more sophisticated
climate models that work on regional scales, and a better organized system to integrate all the data, the report concludes.
Bringing together observed and simulated
measurements on ocean temperatures, atmospheric pressure, water soil and wildfire occurrences, the researchers have a powerful
tool in their hands, which they are willing to test in other regions of the world: «Using the same
climate model configuration, we will also study the soil water and fire risk predictability in other parts of our world, such as the Mediterranean, Australia or parts of Asia,» concludes Timmermann.
[Response: That «modeller» is me (I don't like that label, as I've done sea - going
measurements and published papers on data analysis and theory — my topic is
climate, and models are just one
tool for its investigation).
The researchers compared the GNSS - R satellite
measurements with data from other sources, including tropical cyclone best track data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Centers for Environmental Information; two
climate reanalysis products; and a spaceborne scatterometer, a
tool that uses microwave radar to measure winds near the surface of the ocean.
He also said a drought
measurement tool used by the Stanford team — the Palmer Drought Severity Index — is «flawed and unreliable» to assess the impact of
climate change.