Those fine-scale or small - scale fluctuations are very hard to forecast.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jul 10, 2005] Reference

Skill is shorter-lived for fine-scale things like precipitation forecasts, maybe 2-3 days at most.    From Wordnik.com.  [Exponential Growth in Physical Systems « Climate Audit] Reference

Further, fine-scale observations, for example of species performance, could be nested within the landscape-scale plots.    From Wordnik.com.  [Managing biodiversity conservation in a changing environment of the Arctic] Reference

In both of the above examples, the clustering large-scale variability follows directly from the fine-scale variability.    From Wordnik.com.  [Demetris Koutsoyannis « Climate Audit] Reference

And what is most interesting: all this complexity is completely determined by the detailed initial conditions and a small set of fine-scale rules.    From Wordnik.com.  [Exponential Growth in Physical Systems #2 « Climate Audit] Reference

It is interesting to note that fine-scale genetic variation occurs within.    From Wordnik.com.  [Naturejobs - All Jobs] Reference

To preform fine-scale work under a microscope (e.g. fabrication and testing).    From Wordnik.com.  [Naturejobs - All Jobs] Reference

Risch N (1995) A comparison of linkage disequilibrium measures for fine-scale mapping.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

There is also fine-scale/expensive O scale used by modelers creating realistic model railroads.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ask MetaFilter] Reference

Like a stopwatch, these neurons provided a fine-scale coverage over a period of several seconds.    From Wordnik.com.  [THE MEDICAL NEWS] Reference

Hazel J (2009) Evaluation of fast-acquisition GPS in stationary tests and fine-scale tracking of green turtles.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

You must be self-motivated, meticulous, and comfortable working under a microscope to accomplish fine-scale work.    From Wordnik.com.  [Naturejobs - All Jobs] Reference

Because diversity in many systems is sizable, genetic approaches may fail to identify fine-scale treatment effects.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

Their short fingers, for example, "would allow the kind of fine-scale manipulation necessary for tool use," he said.    From Wordnik.com.  [International Herald Tribune - World News, Analysis, and Global Opinions] Reference

More recently, the fine-scale phylogeographic structure of extant bovine mtDNA sequence variation has been elucidated.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

To create such fine-scale recordings, Lieber uses transistors made of silicon wires just tens of nanometers in diameter.    From Wordnik.com.  [Technology Review RSS Feeds] Reference

Bottolo L, Freeman C, McVean G, Donnelly P (2005) A fine-scale map of recombination rates and hotspots across the human genome.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

Hu points out that his technique could also be applied to a new type of tiny laser that can be used for extremely fine-scale sensing.    From Wordnik.com.  [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference

Thus, fine-scale genetic difference can be revealed by PC analysis, and the results can be useful for identification of the distant relatives.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

To date, most genome-wide association studies (GWAS) and studies of fine-scale population structure have been conducted primarily on Europeans.    From Wordnik.com.  [ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science] Reference

Certain heat treatments alter the fine-scale structure of steel, creating a "phase" known as bainite - which has been known about since the 1930s.    From Wordnik.com.  [BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition] Reference

We conclude that fine-scale genetic structure occurs in the winter flocks of birds as a result of demographic processes without physical barriers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Naturejobs - All Jobs] Reference

Our goal was to determine if different types of coral-coral and coral-algal interactions were characterized by unique fine-scale physiological signatures.    From Wordnik.com.  [ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science] Reference

Science on the research, says that the fine-scale physical manipulation possible in the ultracold regime provides an accompanying level of chemical control.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scientific American] Reference

To focus on the fine-scale detail in their optical array, the team uses a new kind of supermacro lens that works more like an animal's eye than a camera lens.    From Wordnik.com.  [ScienceBlog.com - Science Blog: Science news straight from the source] Reference

Third, the approach is amenable to genotyping pooled populations for bulk segregant analysis and also multiplexed genotyping of individuals for fine-scale mapping.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

A special type of sonar will be used to estimate population size, and a fine-scale map of the bottom will be made to investigate any unique topographical features.    From Wordnik.com.  [SouthCoastToday.com Latest Headlines] Reference

Gisler responds that his simulations are more realistic, pointing out that previous modelling leaves out fine-scale turbulent motion that helps dissipate wave energy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Signs of the Times] Reference

Sampayo EM, Ridgway T, Bongaerts P, Hoegh-Guldberg O (2008) Bleaching susceptibility and mortality of corals are determined by fine-scale differences in symbiont type.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

However, some recent deep, high - resolution Gemini images show a surprising amount of fine-scale filament detail, revealing some peculiar optical emission morphologies.    From Wordnik.com.  [SpaceRef Top Stories] Reference

The bolometers are sensitive enough to detect the different energies of the photons, and thus can measure the fine-scale temperature variation in the microwave background.    From Wordnik.com.  [Science News / Features, Blog Entries, Column Entries, Issues, News Items and Book Reviews] Reference

An investigation into fine-scale European population structure was carried out using high-density genetic variation on nearly 6000 individuals originating from across Europe.    From Wordnik.com.  [ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science] Reference

Center in Moffett Field, Calif., can process atmospheric data for global and regional conditions, as well as the fine-scale measurements like those around the eye of a storm.    From Wordnik.com.  [dailyindia.com News Feed] Reference

In the atmosphere, fine-scale topography is particularly important for resolving small-scale precipitation patterns (see.    From Wordnik.com.  [WHAT REALLY HAPPENED] Reference