Sentences with phrase «numerical estimate»

As models improved, the Fifth Assessment Report, released in 2013, was able to provide numerical estimates of future ice loss but still based on the informal judgment of a limited number of participants.

«If the real objection to managed colonies is that it is unethical to put cats in a situation where they could potentially kill any wild creature,» writes Patronek, «then the ethical issue should be debated on its own merits without burdening the discussion with highly speculative numerical estimates for either wildlife mortality or cat predation.»

However, it is not possible to arrive at an accurate numerical estimate of the impact of our geodetic measurements on GRACE ice mass change solutions without finding a reliable means to interpolate between our point measurements of vertical crustal velocity.

It is a numerical estimate of a consumer's ability to repay borrowed in full and on time.

Five other groups chose not to issue a numerical estimate.

The other three groups that issued a numerical estimate see the ice extent heading back toward, but not equaling, the average minimum for summers since satellites began tracking the comings and goings of Arctic sea ice in 1979.