Sentences with phrase «to improve the forecasts»

That extra data improved forecasts of precipitation amounts and the storm's path.

Effectively coordinated with operating divisions to shorten the reporting process for monthly closings and improve forecast accuracy.

Two new models coming online this season could improve forecasts even more.

These observations improve the forecasts of currents in the upper ocean.

Identify research gaps and needs, including multidisciplinary studies and the integration of observations and modeling perspectives to improve forecast products; work with agencies to implement activities to fill research gaps.

We had to explain why it had happened, figure out some way to improve our forecast of such storms in future (with appropriate expressions of uncertainty).

It would help scientists better understand clouds and carbon dioxide exchange between ocean and air, monitor air quality, improve forecasts for harmful algal blooms, and more.

A University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science research team is studying sea spray to help improve forecasting of hurricanes and tropical cyclones.

Ironically, a former employee of the UK weather office Hubert Lamb left that agency to set up the Climatic Research Unit (CRU) at the University of East Anglia because he could not get support for his attempt to improve forecasting by understanding past weather patterns.

Powerful hurricanes such as Harvey, Irma and Maria are also providing a testing ground for new tools that scientists hope will save lives by improving forecasts in various ways, from narrowing a storm's future path to capturing swift changes in the intensity of storm winds.

Measures of monetary policy rate uncertainty significantly improve forecasting models for equity volatility and variance...

She noted that the airline has significantly improved its forecasting techniques and tools that will no longer require Southwest to overbook flights after it rolls out its new reservations system on May 9.

According to the researchers, to better understand if Matthew's intensification was aided by the warm - water eddies and the residing barrier layer in the Caribbean Sea's upper ocean, more ambient and in - storm upper ocean observations in this basin are needed to improve forecast models for the region.

and that inclusion of warm water volume data in ENSO prediction schemes significantly improves forecast skill at ~ 6 months (McPhaden 2003).

This will focus on reducing exposure through improved forecasting and systems for giving an early warning to vulnerable populations, in particular children with asthma and adults with atrial fibrillation.

The researchers» chief aim is improving forecast capabilities within the tricky no - man's land of «subseasonal to seasonal» timescales: roughly three weeks to three months out.

In addition, the new scheme notably improves the forecasting of monsoon timing during years affected by the global weather phenomenon El Nino — Southern Oscillation (ENSO), particularly in its La Nina phase.

Compared to the previous version of the system, the new version improved forecasting accuracy with regard to onset, by 35 percent; peak timing, by 31 percent; and intensity, by 13 percent.

That program was established by NOAA in 2009, in part as a response to the pummeling the U.S. received from a number of hurricanes during the early years of that decade and the relative lack of progress made in improving forecasts up to that point.

However, further south, the scatterometer directly improves the forecasts of pressure by up to 10 per cent and temperature forecasts by up to 6 per cent.

Stuart Bell, the Met Office scientist who has studied the difference that the scatterometer makes to forecasts, says that improved forecasts come about either through better modelling or through an increase in the reliability and number of readings which the forecasters can feed into their computer model.

«The work being done by SHARP project scientists is a step towards improving forecasts and providing better warnings for the public.»

The partners develop mathematical models that produce improved forecasts accurate for each quarter - hour, which show how much electricity Germany's installed photovoltaic and wind - farm facilities will generate over the next few hours and days.

«So we want to be able to target those hotspots where frequent readings can provide information that really improves forecasts.»

Such extremes have led to millions facing food and water shortages, as well as thousands of deaths globally, pointing to the need to not only mitigate greenhouse gas emissions, but to also invest in adaptation and improving the forecast systems of developing countries, Taalas said in his forward to the report.

All four models that forecast using valuations (Models 3 — 6) are able to substantially improve forecast accuracy compared to Models 1 and 2, which use only past returns.5

Broadening decision - making inputs to include economic data can improve forecasting ability.

Can improvements in information improve forecasts?

Because they had the models deposited with them (a condition of ESRC funding) the group were able to produce pure model forecasts (in practice most modellers override their models on occasions when they don't believe the answers — and on average this does improve forecasts...).

Given this accurate representation use the LARGE and dropsonde data to improve the forecast via WRF - CHEM.

Since it is not at all clear that the IPCC has improved its forecasting methodology over the past years, it is instructive as one final exercise to go back to the 1995 emissions scenarios in the 2nd assessment.

Better melt models would improve forecasts not only for Greenland, but also for the Antarctic Ice Sheet.

• Helped in AFC preparations by providing improved forecasting techniques.

Revamped G / L, financial systems, reports and schedules to improve forecast precision and standardize reporting procedures.

At the same time, he and his students have taken detailed measurements after the deadly 2015 avalanche, which are being used to fine - tune a computer model that will also help improve forecasting.

For example, despite Mr. Halper's claim that «nobody can say for certain when the wind will blow or the sun will shine,» the potential grid impacts arising from the variability of wind and solar energy are being addressed through improved forecasting and new regional partnerships that better leverage the geographic diversity of wind and solar resources, reducing overall variability in the energy system.

Recent cum laude graduate of an accredited university with experience developing and analyzing cost models and building process solutions to improve forecast accuracy for internal clients.

The seasonal outlooks come at a time of some angst — and urgency — regarding the future of research aimed at improving forecasts of individual storms.

NOAA works closely with the academic and science communities on climate - related research projects to increase the understanding of El Niño and improve forecasting techniques.

Long - term data sets on nutrient loads and the extent of the hypoxic zone have improved forecast models used by management agencies to understand the nutrient reductions required to reduce the size of the hypoxic zone.

A few years ago Holzworth joined forces with colleagues in the UW Department of Atmospheric Sciences to use lightning to improve forecasts for convective storms, the big storms that produce thunderstorms and tornadoes.

The Met Office's usual target is to improve its forecasts by 3 per cent every year.

The finding could help improve the forecasting of these eruptions, which disrupt power grids on Earth.