Not exact matches
Scientists will run a
model of the
storm but adjust for climate change — derived changes
in CO2.
The lawmakers say this bill is
modeled after grant programs implemented
in the wake of various
storms such as Sandy, Irene and Lee.
Mr.
Storm commended the State government for the success of Community Health Insurance Scheme since two thousand and seven and called on other states for emulate Kwara State Health Insurance
model in order to improve access to health care
in Nigeria.
Under this
model (described
in the paper, which was submitted to arXiv.org), during the next 50 years the potential for economic damage will depend primarily on the rising odds of a strong solar
storm over time.
In past studies, scientists using simple 1D models of Earth would have found that 16 high - voltage electrical transmission lines were disturbed in the mid-Atlantic region during the storm, resulting in the blackou
In past studies, scientists using simple 1D
models of Earth would have found that 16 high - voltage electrical transmission lines were disturbed
in the mid-Atlantic region during the storm, resulting in the blackou
in the mid-Atlantic region during the
storm, resulting
in the blackou
in the blackout.
They looked to their
models to determine where this «perfect
storm» might come together and found that, by the end of the century, almost all of North America and most of Europe would likely see a jump
in the frequency of wildfires.
Computer
modeling and satellite observations suggest that these tiny particles can increase
storm - cloud cover over certain regions of the North Pacific by 20 to 50 percent, enough to alter
storm tracks
in some cases.
«The
storm surge
models do a great job for what they were designed for, but they simply can not account for the phenomena such as what we have seen
in Hernani,» says Bricker.
The moon appears to be a tranquil place, but
modeling done by University of New Hampshire and NASA scientists suggests that, over the eons, periodic
storms of solar energetic particles may have significantly altered the properties of the soil
in the moon's coldest craters through the process of sparking — a finding that could change our understanding of the evolution of planetary surfaces
in the solar system.
ADVANCES: Tornado prediction requires complex computer
modeling that can take into account the small shifts
in storms that can send one whirling into a tornado.
A computer
model developed,
in part, by University of Florida researchers can help coastal managers better understand the long - term effects of major
storms, sea - level rise and beach restoration activities and possibly save millions of dollars.
For every hurricane
in the North Atlantic Basin between 1997 and 2013, they pulled information such as mean sea - level pressure and temperature as well as vertical temperature and humidity profiles, and entered it into a thermodynamic hurricane
model that treats each
storm as a gigantic heat engine.
«The
model Talia developed gives us both qualitative information on the mechanisms that steer
storms toward the poles and quantitative means to predict how these will change
in the future,» says Kaspi.
When data like these are included
in climate
models, it can refine representations of hard - to - capture features such as
storms.
In this research, we used a three - dimensional hydrodynamic model to simulate surges in the Clyde during storms; our findings suggest that floods are caused not only by extreme surges but also by moderate surges coupled with high spring tide
In this research, we used a three - dimensional hydrodynamic
model to simulate surges
in the Clyde during storms; our findings suggest that floods are caused not only by extreme surges but also by moderate surges coupled with high spring tide
in the Clyde during
storms; our findings suggest that floods are caused not only by extreme surges but also by moderate surges coupled with high spring tides.
«Regional changes are mostly due to natural variability but on top of that we see this pronounced overall weakening
in summer
storm activity,» says co-author Dim Coumou, «This is also something projected by climate
models under future emission scenarios.
The
models are enabling researchers to study
storms where measurements have not been obtained
in the field.
The numerical
models simulated clouds and snowfall over the Payette Basin, as created both
in natural
storms and with cloud seeding.
For example, when examining hurricanes and typhoons, the lack of a high - quality, long - term historical record, uncertainty regarding the impact of climate change on
storm frequency and inability to accurately simulate these
storms in most global climate
models raises significant challenges when attributing assessing the impact of climate change on any single
storm.
Climate
models predict increasingly severe
storms and droughts and,
in the Pacific Northwest, more precipitation falling as rain instead of snow.
This data will help determine damage from the surge and improve
models of flooding
in the future, which could help provide a better picture of where future
storm waters will go and who needs to be evacuated ahead of hurricanes.
In the future, Orton says, improved
storm - surge
models could predict where flood zones should be drawn given future sea level rise, which is now done nationally by the Federal Emergency Management Agency with data from past
storms.
Satellite altimetry methods developed at NOC play a crucial role
in helping improve
storm surge
models and map out regional changes
in mean sea level.»
The freely - accessible database of
storm surge data has been compiled through the multi-partner, international eSurge project, which was launched
in 2011 with the aim of making available observational data to improve the
modelling and forecasting of
storm surges around the world using advanced techniques and instruments.
In April 2011, five days before a powerful
storm system tore through six southern states, NOAA's current polar - orbiting satellites provided data that, when fed into models, prompted the NOAA Storm Prediction Center to forecast «a potentially historic tornado outbreak.&r
storm system tore through six southern states, NOAA's current polar - orbiting satellites provided data that, when fed into
models, prompted the NOAA
Storm Prediction Center to forecast «a potentially historic tornado outbreak.&r
Storm Prediction Center to forecast «a potentially historic tornado outbreak.»
The other scenario is the «irruption
model»
in which a high speed black hole
storms through a dense gas and the gas is dragged along by the strong gravity of the black hole to form a gas stream.
Existing forecasting
models are good at plotting a
storm's path, but they fall down
in trying to predict its magnitude at landfall.
Dr Stephen Grimes of Plymouth University, who initiated the research project, highlighted the climate changes that must have caused this increase
in sediment erosion and transport — «We have climate
model simulations of the effect of warming on rainfall during the PETM event, and they show some changes
in the average amounts of rainfall, but the largest change is how this rainfall is packaged up — it's concentrated
in more rapid, extreme events — larger and bigger
storms.»
According to the researchers, to better understand if Matthew's intensification was aided by the warm - water eddies and the residing barrier layer
in the Caribbean Sea's upper ocean, more ambient and
in -
storm upper ocean observations
in this basin are needed to improve forecast
models for the region.
Using computer
models and simulations, the team found an increase
in the average intensity during the period and the
storms most often moved into higher latitudes — to a more northward direction.
Most climate
models suggest these
storms will become less frequent but more intense, says Alexander Gershunov, a climatologist at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography
in San Diego.
Blake concludes, «We can now monitor and
model magnetic
storms in near - real time, which not only allows us to understand the physics of such phenomena, but also to provide a valuable service for power operators.»
Those patterns matched three rather dire climate
model predictions: that
storm tracks — the paths along which cyclones travel
in the Northern and Southern hemispheres — would shift poleward; that subtropical dry regions would expand, and that the tops of the highest clouds would get even higher.
Map of the
modelled changes
in electric field caused by the St Patrick's Day
storm, where blue is low and red is high.
«The
storms in the
model move faster than the actual
storms,» Snook says.
To predict hail
storms, or weather
in general, scientists have developed mathematically based physics
models of the atmosphere and the complex processes within, and computer codes that represent these physical processes on a grid consisting of millions of points.
«According to these
models, it is the high pressure cells that are really important
in steering winter
storms, and
in determining the shape and location of the transition zone,» said Oster.
To get a sense for how this probability, or risk of such a
storm, will change
in the future, he performed the same analysis, this time embedding the hurricane
model within six global climate
models, and running each
model from the years 2081 to 2100, under a future scenario
in which the world's climate changes as a result of unmitigated growth of greenhouse gas emissions.
They allowed the
model to «spin - up» for 10 days ahead of Sandy's approach, then another 5 days forward
in time once the
storm had entered the
model grid, adding data on wind speed, wind direction, and air pressure
in 6 - minute time steps.
VIMS Dean & Director John Wells calls the results of the team's sub-grid inundation
model a «breakthrough»
in storm - tide forecasting — with
model output within 6 to 8 inches of the water levels recorded
in New York City during Sandy by the U.S. Geological Survey.
«We don't have the computational firepower to resolve
storms like hurricanes
in today's climate
models.»
They didn't see hurricanes until the rain clouds were right above them;
in our case, we can see
storms leaving the sun but have to make guesses and use
models to figure out if and when they will impact Earth,» says Michael Kaiser, project scientist for STEREO at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.
Some
storm - surge
models resolve time
in increments as short as 3 seconds, but doing so requires computing power that exceeds even that available
in W&M's SciClone Computing Complex.
In the simulations that included smoke - filled air, storm clouds were lower and thicker (and average wind speeds at 1 kilometer above ground were higher) than they were in the no - smoke models, the team reported online ahead of print in Geophysical Research Letter
In the simulations that included smoke - filled air,
storm clouds were lower and thicker (and average wind speeds at 1 kilometer above ground were higher) than they were
in the no - smoke models, the team reported online ahead of print in Geophysical Research Letter
in the no - smoke
models, the team reported online ahead of print
in Geophysical Research Letter
in Geophysical Research Letters.
Modeling Animation:
Storm - tide flooding of the Battery
in New York City through several tidal cycles during Hurricane Sandy as
modeled by Professor Harry Wang and colleagues at VIMS.
A land - ocean pattern like that above was used
in a climate
model to show how
storm clouds could have shielded ancient Venus from strong sunlight and made the planet habitable.
Understanding exactly how water moves
in a vortex could help us learn how
storms form and let us make better
models of the sun's plasma.
«If we could grow icicles on the computer,
in a physical way, then we can create virtual
models of chasms, caves, ice
storms, shut - down airports and so on
in days instead of months,» says Batty's colleague Eitan Grinspun.
Far back
in the history of online socializing, «floodbots» would join a channel and fill it «with garbage text, endlessly repeated insults, or random billowing storm clouds of data,» killing the normal conversation.82 In 1996, with spam as a targeted marketing model taking off and NANAE forming, a company called GlobalMedia Design released RoverBot, one of the early address - harvesting bots, which would take keywords, find related pages, and search those pages for email addresses so that you could generate address lists related to «real estate» or «manga.&raqu
in the history of online socializing, «floodbots» would join a channel and fill it «with garbage text, endlessly repeated insults, or random billowing
storm clouds of data,» killing the normal conversation.82
In 1996, with spam as a targeted marketing model taking off and NANAE forming, a company called GlobalMedia Design released RoverBot, one of the early address - harvesting bots, which would take keywords, find related pages, and search those pages for email addresses so that you could generate address lists related to «real estate» or «manga.&raqu
In 1996, with spam as a targeted marketing
model taking off and NANAE forming, a company called GlobalMedia Design released RoverBot, one of the early address - harvesting bots, which would take keywords, find related pages, and search those pages for email addresses so that you could generate address lists related to «real estate» or «manga.»
One challenge with
storms in Germany is that climate
models have trouble accurately depicting such small - scale features, but a new generation of
models that should come into wider use within the next year or two do a much better job, meaning that attribution analyses on such events should become more feasible, van Oldenborgh said.