There is an urgent need for scientifically advanced "geo-prediction systems" that can accurately locate subsurface resources and forecast timing and magnitude of natural hazards.
The Organization's Desert Locust Information Service DLISS) continuously monitors the situation based on information provided by affected countries and forecasts the timing, location and scale of breeding and migration.
Since we cannot forecast the timing, location, nor size of a crack opening, forecasting of eruptions is impossible.
What we did not and could not do is forecast its timing.
Christopher B. Galvin, Motorola's embattled chairman and chief executive, said the Sept. 11 attacks had made forecasting the timing of an economic upturn more difficult.
She said she felt sure of one development -- although, wisely, she declined to forecast the timing: "Sometime in the next five years, we will be doing the same search for reasons why the dollar is so weak".
Valuing intellectual property an exercise based on forecasting the timing and amount of future cashflows is more art than science.So far, says Mr Eisbruck, these bonds have generally matched investors' hopes.
But the researchers cannot forecast the timing of such events.
Reliably forecasting the timing, location, and magnitude of an earthquake has been a difficult problem to crack.
It is important to have a deep understanding of the rainfall formation mechanism to forecast the timing, density, intensity, and trends in a specific region to better manage water resources, maximize the use of water for economic development, and minimize the impacts of extreme events.
