Sentences with phrase «observational capabilities»

Present - day observational capabilities lack sufficient capacity to monitor the environmental effects of an albedo - modification deployment.

One of the difficulties studying changes in the frequency and intensity of cyclones is that the record of past storms is inhomogeneous, due to changes in observational capabilities and how storms have been measured and recorded.

In order to improve their observations, Zebker and Paul Segal, also of Stanford University, proposed launching something like an array of dedicated satellites, with specific observational capabilities that could document movement more often and at smaller scalesand even monitor only certain types of materials.

The Expanded VLA will provide the improved observational capabilities needed to meet the research challenges of the coming years.

NANOCOSMOS takes advantage of the new observational capabilities (increased angular resolution) of the Atacama Large Millimeter / submillimeter Array (ALMA) to unveil the physical and chemical conditions in the dust formation zone of evolved stars.

SPICA is a mission concept aimed at taking the next step in mid - and far - infrared observational capability by combining a large and cold telescope with instruments employing state - of - the - art ultra-sensitive detectors.

There has been no detectable trend in hurricane frequency over the twentieth century when you account for increased observational capabilities through time (Landsea, 2007).

That accepted wisdom, he explained, «lacking modern observational capabilities, was largely based on «steady - state» assumptions.»

«Those are beyond our large - scale observational capabilities or predictions,» Brooks said.

These include intrinsic limitations in current observational capabilities (e.g., spatial and radiometric resolution of currently available spaceborne sensors) and limitations on how accurately surface energy balance models handle ice sheet albedo.