"To fit the observations" means that a theory, explanation, or model is able to match or align with the evidence or data gathered from observations or experiments.
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Brownstein says the
theory fits observations of the so - called Pioneer anomaly (see New Scientist feature, 13 things that do not make sense), while MOND can not address it because Pioneer's acceleration is above a0.
A new paper using the second «climatological» approach by Steve Sherwood and colleagues was just published in Nature and like Fasullo and Trenberth (2012)(discussed here) suggests that models with an equilibrium climate sensitivity (ECS) of less than 3ºC do much worse
at fitting the observations than other models.
Problems: Need to know: No two of these are known with enough precision to usefully constrain uncertainty in the third, with the data available, although it is possible to
fit the observations with fair precision using even a simple model.
Implicit in his comment is that 20 - odd years later, models like NASA GISS Model E * do * exhibit climate sensitivity near 3C (just slightly less in the case of Model E, IIRC), and
also fit observations quite well in a lot of other ways.
Bivariate time - series models of hemispheric mean temperature that account for box diffusion estimates of the response to anthropogenic and solar forcing are found to
fit the observations significantly better than competing statistical models.
This suggestion of an accelerated warming in a deep layer of the ocean has been suggested mostly on the basis of results from reanalyses of different types (that is, numerical simulations of the ocean and atmosphere that are forced to
fit observations in some manner).
The relatively simple big bang model
fits these observations well, whereas they require very complex explanations in other cosmological models.
They also analyzed images from the Hubble Space Telescope to measure the distribution of the stars in each galaxy, and created a computer simulation that best
fit their observations.
They say they were motivated to form a new theory as the big bang came to require more and more exotic elements — inflation, dark matter, dark energy — to make
it fit observations.
Neither theory seems to
fit the the observations.
In addition, only these larger eddies have been adjusted to
fit the observations, whereas the smaller ones were free to evolve according to the computer's calculations.
Of the two, the plasma droplet model seems to
fit the observations best.
We also present results suggesting that the granulation of F stars must be magnetically suppressed in order to
fit observations.
In the particular model - data synthesis used for this visualization, only the larger, ocean basin - wide scales have been adjusted to
fit observations.
As a classroom teacher of mostly adolescents of color the past 12 years, this conclusion best
fits my observation:
The radiation hypothesis beloved by IPCC is not
fitting the observations; not for the last 14 years, and not for the past, considering the known warm and cold periods in the past (including glacial and interglacial times).
Perhaps the question of whether «the models»
fit the observations is a meaningless one.
What follows is another example of climate science making up a theory to
fit an observation.
We present a theoretical estimate of circulation power that
fits the observations.
If so, is there legitimate change in scientific knowledge for doing so or is it just pressure to
fit observation?
To address these gaps, researchers have begun to integrate satellite - derived data with coupled physical - biogeochemical models, using a method that obtains more realistic estimates by constraining the output to
fit the observations.
I didn't think much else about it at the time because that answer not only fit exactly with the public documentation available to date on ARKit, the augmented reality — and, with iPhone X, facial tracking and expression matching — framework Apple provides to developers, but
it fit my observations of the light requirements and speed - to - tracking I experienced in the demo area.