News tagged with forecast
New water management tool may help ease effects of drought
Nov 12, 2009 |
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Continued improvement of climate forecasts is resulting in better information about what rainfall and streamflow may look like months in advance. A researcher from North Carolina State University has developed an innovative ...
Implications of Past Forecasting Errors Often Underestimated
Nov 10, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- When managers issue a forecast of their firm's earnings, they do not always take into account prior forecasting errors, according to research in the current issue of the Journal of Business Finance & Accounting.
Texas A&M prof to predict weather on Mars
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 04, 2009 |
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Is there such a thing as "weather" on Mars? There are some doubts, considering the planet's atmosphere is only 1 percent as dense as that of the Earth. Mars, however, definitely has clouds, drastically low temperatures and ...
Typhoon Melor and Tropical Storm Parma mean double trouble in the western Pacific
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 07, 2009 |
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There's double-trouble in the Western Pacific with one typhoon and one tropical storm bringing soaking rains, dangerous surf and gusty winds to two different locations. Typhoon Melor is affecting the east ...
Sexy platform delivers on promises
Sep 29, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The SeCSE project promised to deliver an industrial-strength development environment for service-centric software engineering. Its applications deliver on those promises.
NOAA announces an experimental harmful algal bloom forecast bulletin for Lake Erie
Sep 17, 2009 |
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Predicting harmful algal blooms, or HABs, in the Great Lakes is now a reality as NOAA announces an experimental HAB forecast system in Lake Erie. HABs produce toxins that may pose a significant risk to human and animal health ...
UN seeks better data on hurricanes, droughts
Aug 31, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The United Nations opened talks Monday on setting up a better weather surveillance system worldwide so all nations can get earlier, more accurate warnings about hurricanes, droughts and floods.
Targeted investments in climate science could present enormous economic savings across the globe
Aug 19, 2009 |
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Targeted investments in climate science could lead to major benefits in reducing the costs of adapting to a changing climate, according to new research published by scientists from the UK's National Centre for Atmospheric ...
Seattle area could see record-setting high temperatures this week
Jul 28, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Western Washington is braced for unusually hot weather this week, but University of Washington scientists say this could be one for the record books, with Seattle experiencing historic triple-digit readings.
Scientists unveil new seasonal hurricane forecasting model
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 15, 2009 |
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Scientists at The Florida State University's Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies (COAPS) have developed a new computer model that they hope will predict with unprecedented accuracy how many hurricanes will occur ...
Hurricane Katrina: Phone home
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 06, 2009 |
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Though New Orleans residents were told to evacuate days before the arrival of Hurricane Katrina, no one could have predicted the real extent of the devastation.
300 billion weather forecasts used by Americans annually, survey finds
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 23, 2009 |
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Close to 9 out of 10 adult Americans obtain weather forecasts regularly, and they do so more than three times each day on average, a new nationwide survey by scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric ...
CT Scan To Help Scientists Diagnose Role of Clouds in Climate
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- During May and June 2009, scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory, Argonne National Laboratory, and the University of Colorado at Boulder will use high-tech ...
People's misperceptions cloud their understanding of rainy weather forecasts
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 14, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- If Mark Twain were alive today he might rephrase his frequently cited observation about everyone talking about the weather but not doing anything about it to say, "Everyone reads or watches ...
Forecasters predict 6 Atlantic hurricanes for 2009
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 07, 2009 |
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Six hurricanes are expected to churn through the Atlantic this year, a Colorado State University forecast team said Tuesday as it lowered its estimates for the upcoming storm season.
