scholarly journals Introducing sub-seasonal spatial and temporal resolution to winter climate prediction

2003 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-1-18-4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judah Cohen
Keyword(s):  
Temporal Resolution ◽  
Climate Prediction ◽  
Winter Climate

Winter-Season Climate Prediction for the U.K. Health Sector

2006 ◽  
Vol 45 (12) ◽  
pp. 1782-1792 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. R. McGregor ◽  
M. Cox ◽  
Y. Cui ◽  
Z. Cui ◽  
M. K. Davey ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Sector ◽  
Climate Prediction ◽  
Maximum Temperature ◽  
General Level ◽  
Climate Indices ◽  
Temperature Threshold ◽  
Winter Mortality ◽  
Winter Climate ◽  
Seasonal Climate ◽  
Study Results

Abstract The winter climate of the British Isles is characterized by considerable interannual variability, which, because of the general climate sensitivity of a number of health outcomes, places at times considerable pressure on the provision of health services. Seasonal climate forecasts potentially could improve management within the health sector and assist in hedging against the vagaries of climatic variability. For this reason, an exploratory analysis of the potential utility of seasonal climate forecasting for the health sector in the United Kingdom is presented here. Study results revealed that the general level of winter mortality at the monthly to seasonal time scale possesses a strong association with simple descriptors of winter climate such as maximum temperature and the number of days below a given temperature threshold. Because such climate indices can be derived from the output of coupled seasonal climate prediction models, predictions of general levels of mortality may be possible using simple transfer functions that describe winter climate and health associations. Despite the potential one-month-ahead and one-season-ahead predictability of winter mortality levels, the predictability of the key climate indices by coupled climate models is shown to be somewhat limited, which compromises the ability to predict general levels of winter mortality for all months except February.

Wide-field subsecond temporal resolution optical monitoring systems for detection and study of cosmic hazards

2013 ◽  
Vol 183 (8) ◽  
pp. 888-894
Author(s):  
G.M. Beskin ◽  
S.V. Karpov ◽  
V.L. Plokhotnichenko ◽  
S.F. Bondar ◽  
A.V. Perkov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Temporal Resolution ◽  
Monitoring Systems ◽  
Wide Field ◽  
Optical Monitoring

Multidetector-row Computed Tomography in the Assessment of Coronary Artery Disease – New Techniques and Insights

2010 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andreas H Mahnken ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Computed Tomography ◽  
Coronary Artery Disease ◽  
Coronary Artery ◽  
Data Acquisition ◽  
Temporal Resolution ◽  
High Temporal Resolution ◽  
Multidetector Row ◽  
Ct Scanners ◽  
Artery Disease ◽  
Cardiac Mdct

Over the last decade, cardiac computed tomography (CT) technology has experienced revolutionary changes and gained broad clinical acceptance in the work-up of patients suffering from coronary artery disease (CAD). Since cardiac multidetector-row CT (MDCT) was introduced in 1998, acquisition time, number of detector rows and spatial and temporal resolution have improved tremendously. Current developments in cardiac CT are focusing on low-dose cardiac scanning at ultra-high temporal resolution. Technically, there are two major approaches to achieving these goals: rapid data acquisition using dual-source CT scanners with high temporal resolution or volumetric data acquisition with 256/320-slice CT scanners. While each approach has specific advantages and disadvantages, both technologies foster the extension of cardiac MDCT beyond morphological imaging towards the functional assessment of CAD. This article examines current trends in the development of cardiac MDCT.

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