News tagged with forecast
Space technology optimises windmill efficiency
(PhysOrg.com) -- A French start-up company from ESA's Business Incubation Centre in the Netherlands has developed a small instrument to measure wind speed and direction from the ground up to heights of 200 ...
Dec 07, 2009 |
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Gartner forecasts 2.8 percent growth in PC sales in 2009
Worldwide sales of personal computers, which had been forecast to decline this year, will instead post modest gains, Gartner research group said Monday.
Nov 23, 2009 |
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New water management tool may help ease effects of drought
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 ...
Nov 12, 2009 |
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Implications of Past Forecasting Errors Often Underestimated
(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.
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Nov 10, 2009 |
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Making Climate Forecasts More Useful to Farmers
(PhysOrg.com) -- Climate forecasts are becoming more useful to farmers and ranchers, thanks to research by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists and their cooperators.
Nov 09, 2009 |
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Texas A&M prof to predict weather on Mars
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 ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 04, 2009 |
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Winter forecast: Warmer West, North; cooler South
(AP) -- The Midwest and Northern United States are likely to get a warmer winter, while the Southeast can expect just the opposite: cooler and wetter conditions.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 15, 2009 |
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Typhoon Melor and Tropical Storm Parma mean double trouble in the western Pacific
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 ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 07, 2009 |
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Sexy platform delivers on promises
(PhysOrg.com) -- The SeCSE project promised to deliver an industrial-strength development environment for service-centric software engineering. Its applications deliver on those promises.
Sep 29, 2009 |
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UA developing network to improve weather forecasting
An interdisciplinary team of University of Arizona researchers is building a network of soil moisture probes to improve short-term and seasonal weather forecasting.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 22, 2009 |
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NOAA announces an experimental harmful algal bloom forecast bulletin for Lake Erie
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 ...
Sep 17, 2009 |
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Blogs, like traditional advertising, can help predict product sales
(PhysOrg.com) -- While traditional advertising is still the main driver of product sales, blogging and other new media are fast becoming predictors of market outcomes, say University of Michigan researchers.
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Sep 16, 2009 |
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UN seeks better data on hurricanes, droughts
(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.
Aug 31, 2009 |
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Targeted investments in climate science could present enormous economic savings across the globe
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 ...
Aug 19, 2009 |
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Seattle area could see record-setting high temperatures this week
(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.
Jul 28, 2009 |
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