Inverse modelling studies usually attempt
greater spatial resolution of sources and sinks than is presented in this section.
Following calibration of acoustic signal with bubble size (Ostrovsky et al. 2008), an echosounder can be mounted to a boat to estimate ebullition flux at
a greater spatial resolution, or mounted to a stationary object for greater temporal resolution.
Spitzer is able to do this as well, but Webb will be able to observe objects nearly 100 times fainter and with eight times
greater spatial resolution.
Not exact matches
Although both methods find
great use in clinical application, they do not have sufficient
spatial resolution to visualize glucose uptake down to single cells.
Unfortunately it is not a question that can be answered with a
great deal of confidence from current - generation global climate models since their
spatial resolution is typically inadequate to address such regional matters with any degree of reliability.
One approach is to develop empirical regional models that enable aragonite saturation state to be estimated from existing hydrographic measurements, for which
greater spatial coverage and longer time series exist in addition to higher
spatial and temporal
resolution.
Finally, simulations having finer
spatial detail (i.e., «downscaled» climate model projections) do not necessarily have
greater accuracy than coarser -
resolution simulations; they add contextual detail related to factors such as regional topography and coastlines but may still retain the same basic climatic features simulated at larger scales.
«We hope that soon we will be able to examine agricultural practices in even
greater detail, with the launch of the European Space Agency's Sentinel satellites, which will provide regular data at even higher
spatial resolution.»
The GCMs don't yet have enough
spatial resolution to handle multiple major climatic transitions in small areas, but the models are presently accurate enough to draw conclusions for large climatic regions like «the desert Southwest,» or «the
Great Plains,» «the Indian subcontinent,» or «the African savanna.»
Impact studies rarely use GCM outputs directly because GCM biases are too
great and because the
spatial resolution is generally too coarse to satisfy the data requirements for estimating impacts.
What is the
greater meaning of this special «effective
spatial resolution»?
These high -
resolution measurements offer
great potential for future investigations into the mechanics of aquifer systems and the
spatial heterogeneity of aquifer system structure and material properties as well as for monitoring ongoing aquifer system compaction and land subsidence.