Sentences with phrase «relies upon a model»

Accordingly, the forcing estimation method relies upon a model exhibiting a fairly linear climate response, and hence having a climate feedback parameter (and an effective climate sensitivity) that does not vary with time (in addition to having a temperature response that is proportional to forcing).

Not exact matches

While Nintendo's hardware relied upon cartridges that were costly for game publishers to produce, the PlayStation ushered in a cheaper, disc - based model, which ultimately helped it attract more customers.

The data relied upon is sourced from public records, or statistical calculations («Sources») and that the model results and other information provided in the Consumer AVM reports are provided on an «as is, as available» basis with all faults and defects.

End User acknowledges that the Consumer AVM reports provide estimates of the value of real property and other information related to value based upon the application of valuation models to available data and do not constitute appraisals or broker price opinions of subject properties and may not be relied upon as such.

In order to treat their patients, however, psychiatrists must tacitly rely upon some operative model of the self and of the personality.

Essentially, in conceptualizing the human person, Sullivan, like Whitehead, rejects a model of personality which relies upon a «morphology of stuff» and insists on one that accentuates the dynamic theme of process.

According to our hierarchical model, the ultimate level of meaning would also dwell in and rely upon the subsidiaries which it attempts lovingly to order into a patterning of beauty.

Conceived of on the model of tenderness rather than coercion, God «dwells in» and «relies upon» the workings of lower dimensions of cosmic emergence in order to realize the divine adventure toward intensity of feeling and enjoyment of beauty.

For decades, scientists have relied upon ferret models to gauge how flu viruses and flu vaccines will behave in people.

Whether it can be relied upon by government and if the details of collecting and processing it are disclosed «and documented with enough detail» to reliably capture new science for weather and climate models will be important.

«Risk GP» they note, is «the model that many practitioners implicitly rely upon when making evidence - based decisions.»

The researchers relied upon foot - ground contact time, aerial time, running velocity and body mass to determine the ground reaction forces using the new method, called the «two - mass» model of running mechanics.

The computer models in use are not, by necessity, direct calculations of all basic physics but rely upon empirical approximations for many of the smaller scale processes of the oceans and atmosphere.

Instead of relying upon an outdated dietary model, the fit and healthy know to eat right — in accordance to their daily activity.

According to SEC filings, Match said the education businesses, «relies on many of the same competencies as those relied upon by our Dating business, such as paid customer acquisition, a combination of paid and free business models, a deep understanding of the lifetime values of customers and a strong expertise in user - interface development.»

«From time to time models who are not site members or expired member profiles are used in external advertising of our sites and thus you should not rely upon the availability of any particular person (s) as being a member of our site in making any membership or payment decisions.»

This model also relies upon practical teaching methods, whereby context learning is key.

When I've asked what common curricula and creeping granularity might mean for charter schools or other schools that rely upon alternative instructional models, I've thus far received no satisfactory response.

1960s - Joseph Schwab was one of the key founders of the Inquiry - based Learning Model that relies upon the idea that individuals are able to learn by investigating scenarios and problems, and through social experiences.

The consortium is developing a new accountability model that offers a more dynamic picture of student learning and school quality and provides more meaningful and actionable information to teachers than can a model that relies largely upon a standardized test.

This occurred at the federal level, as we all likely know, primarily via Race to the Top and the No Child Left Behind Waivers essentially forced upon states when states had to adopt VAMs (or growth models) to also reform their teachers, and subsequently their schools, in order to continue to receive the federal funds upon which all states still rely.

To his credit, in his very last chapter, Brill does an about - face and acknowledges some of the serious limitations of the reformer model that relies upon superstar teachers in nonunionized charter schools.

The Corolla offers 132 horsepower.The 2017 models of this sedan relied upon a standard 1.8 L 4 - cylinder DOHC engine, a component carried forward in the newest models, too.

Daewoo is one such Asian company, and thanks to its affiliation with the Korean concern, Chevrolet has long relied upon them to supply subcompact models for domestic consumption.

This model relied on crowdfunding to propel a book into Creative Commons status, essentially paying the rights holder an agreed upon amount in order to «unglue» the book.

While Odilo does not retain patron data, leaving that in the hands of libraries, the TotalBoox model relies upon this data.

The first two - thirds of this book describe the current marketplace and why it's a great time to be a writer, and the last third of the book offers case studies of people who have found success in publishing by going their own way instead of relying upon the traditional publishing model.

What traditional publishers are doing is relying upon those handful of big name authors entirely as their publishing model, forgetting that the majority of their «other» sales are what makes them the money.

BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 is built on the same security and connectivity model for BlackBerry 10 smartphones that enterprise customers have always trusted and relied upon with BlackBerry (R) Enterprise Server.

Of course the check writer is not privy to this risk scoring model but it relies upon historic statistical models which establish the level of risk involved in check transactions.

In response, Armstrong et al. (Interfaces, 38 (5): 382 - 405, 2008) questioned the General Circulation Models (GCMs) upon which U.S.G.S. analyses relied; challenged the independence of U.S.G.S. from the policy process; and criticized the methods used by the U.S.G.S. to project the future status of polar bears.

So you also contend that climate models show skill and can be relied upon, in addition to highlighting that increased radiative forcing from greenhouses gases is melting the arctic ice.

Since I'm not one of those who believes testing it is worth lifting a finger for, I'm not really the one to provide it, but I note that the world is not short of those who think otherwise, and who can be relied upon to supply all manner of metrication with their catastrophic alternative hypotheses — polar bears melting, ice - caps dying out, models that project soaring temperatures — you know the sort of thing.

Although Forest 2006 stated that the Curry et al. 2005 study used the Forest 2006 data (and indeed relied upon that study's results in relation to the surface dataset), the MIT model surface temperature simulation dataset for Curry et al. 2005 was very different from that used in the other study, Sanso et al. 2008.

By 2025 it may be possible to evaluate the accuracies of all the model predictions for 2012 — 2025, and reach a reasonable conclusion as to which model (s) might most be relied upon for planning the subsequent 75 years.

Nor is the fact that the IPCC's political arguments rely significantly upon climate projections from computer models that, unless prompted with corrections, contradict reality.

For a useful critique of model - starting - points which bear no relation to the real - world, see: D. Koutsoyiannis et al (2008) «On the credibility of climate predictions» in Hydrological Sciences 53 (4) August 2008 671-684, who conclude that the GCM models defy normal assessments of validity and should not be relied upon to predict future climate change.

We need to be careful focussing upon «trends» — it can lead to serious errors of context — and this underlies the entire «global warming» thesis which relies upon computer models with entirely false (i.e. non-natural) notions of an equilibrium starting point and calculations of trend — this conveniently ignores cycles, and it has to because a) there are several non-orbital cycles in motion (8 - 10 yr, 11, 22, 60, 70, 80, 400 and 1000 - 1500) depending on ocean basic, hemisphere and global view — all interacting via «teleconnection» of those ocean basins, some clearly timed by solar cycles, some peaking together; b) because the cycles are not exact, you can not tell in any one decade where you are in the longer cycles.

The data that Exxon relies upon are from old models with dated technology cost assumptions and, as demonstrated by a reliance on significant growth in bio-energy, many of the models appear limited in their capacity to fully capture potential impact upon oil demand.

I directed you to the RealClimate post because it was a simple explanation of the basic physics of why rising atmospheric CO2 is a problem — physics that don't rely upon computer models.

In light of this lack of observational constraints, we do not feel confident in relying upon the simple model's simulations long after the time at which temperatures peak.

In terms of your request for something substantial, I responded to your original claim that «the theory relies on computer models» with a link to a RealClimate post that shows this claim is not correct — rather than computer models, the foundations of the scientific consensus on anthropogenic climate change are built upon our understanding of how the atmosphere works and how we are changing it by emitting greenhouse gases.

Her PhD research, approved by Macquarie, relied upon the same computer models and analyses, which Macquarie agreed to have converted but did not.

This is irrefutable evidence that the consensus climate models can't predict squat and should not be relied upon by policymakers.

After all, methodologically, it isn't too far from economics in the way it progresses: contestable data and modelling methods relying upon «laws» — whether they be Savage's axioms of rationality or the laws of radiation — which whilst credible in isolation are rendered unintelligible by complexity.

If you relook what I wrote more closely - I stated that if the acceptance criteria for a GCM was to accurately predict temperature and rainfall for specific regions, and if the model was found to not be able to meet that criteria, then the model is wrong and should not be relied upon.

So the comparison you are making is a model that is relied upon to make projections where the projections are useless or no model at all.

IMO the model is wrong and should not be relied upon to predict future conditions.

The Guidance Note for Lead Authors of the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report on Consistent Treatment of Uncertainties impose upon the lead authors to assign subjective levels of confidence to their findings: «The AR5 will rely on two metrics for communicating the degree of certainty in key findings: 1 Confidence in the validity of a finding, based on the type, amount, quality, and consistency of evidence (e.g., mechanistic understanding, theory, data, models, expert judgment) and the degree of agreement.

As demonstrated in detail below, the climate models upon which the National Assessment relies can not simulate the current climate.