Sentences with phrase «observations and modeling capabilities»

One near - term step researchers could take, it says, «is defining the scale and scope of observations and modeling capabilities necessary to detect the signal of any future field experiments» of geoengineering techniques, and ways «to evaluate their consequences.

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eg pg xii To improve our predictive capability, we need: • to understand better the various climate - related processes, particularly those associated with clouds, oceans and the carbon cycle • to improve the systematic observation of climate - related variables on a global basis, and further investigate changes which took place in the past • to develop improved models of the Earth's climate system • to increase support for national and international climate research activities, especially in developing countries • to facilitate international exchange of climate data

Here we assess the capability of ground - based observations and a high - resolution (1.3 km) mesoscale atmospheric transport model to determine a change in greenhouse gas emissions over time from a metropolitan region.

The service will benefit from a network of observations, both from in situ and satellite sensors, and modelling capabilities.

To understand and quantify the ocean's sponge - like capabilities, the researchers used the two independent models of Atlantic Ocean currents together with shipboard observations of chlorofluorocarbons as a starting point.

It will maximise the use of past, current and future earth observations (from in - situ and satellite observing systems) in conjunction with modelling, supercomputing and networking capabilities.

This climate modeling capability made it possible to perform a real - time climate change prediction (verified by subsequent observations) of the global cooling and stratospheric heating (and return to normal) following to the 1991 Pinatubo volcanic eruption.

These include fundamental climate research, improved observations and modeling, increased computational capability, and very importantly, education of the next generation of climate scientists.

However, there has been a great deal of data collected to point and you would have expected after 40 years that the science would be mature enough to exceed the capability of simple observations of a precipiable water image loop offering more insight then the current sophisticated computer models.