When we have multiple gravitational wave observatories in operation, such as when LIGO India is built next decade, we will be able to pinpoint
the location of these rare events.
Not exact matches
Predicting both the frequency and intensity
of extreme
events — those that are
rare in a
location — could allow society to lessen their impact and potentially avoid loss
of life and destruction.
«It's precise in the sense that it's telling us very accurately the
location and the time that this
rare event will happen,» says Themis Sapsis, the American Bureau
of Shipping Career Development Assistant Professor
of Mechanical Engineering at MIT.
Today's century levels become «decade» (having a chance
of 10 % annually) or more frequent
events at about a third
of the study gauges, and the majority
of locations see substantially higher frequency
of previously
rare storm - driven water heights in the future.
A very
rare event caused by drought conditions was the closing
of the Mississippi River to traffic in mid-summer at two
locations.