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geoffrey

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on: Jul 14, 2018
Explain how the problem of chaos makes it difficult to have truly accurate weather forecasts.
 
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Question 2

Current consensus among scientists is that the limit to numerical weather prediction is about
 
  A) three days.
  B) 14 days.
  C) 6 months.
  D) one year.


jonathanballen97

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Reply #1 on: Jul 14, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer: Chaos is a condition that occurs in physical systems that makes it impossible to precisely predict how a system (such as the state of the atmosphere) will appear some time in the future. Chaos arises because small errors in the input value of a variable (or even round-off error) can become magnified in time. This situation is referred to as sensitive dependence on initial conditions. It is a serious problem for weather forecasting because the initial conditions are never known exactly.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: B


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