Argo data, along with satellite and other ocean data, feed into regional and global forecast models used for ocean and climate prediction over seasons, years, and decades.

UNESCO: World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP)

He has upgraded his recommendation on Syngenta to a buy, based on his earnings estimate for 2011, which he has increased by 4%, and his 2012 forecast which he increased by 9%, and his 2013 prediction by 10%.

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Mr McCallum admitted in a news conference in April that seasonal forecasting was still in its infancy - a cross between climate change prediction and tomorrow's weather forecast.

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In October 1995, the National Severe Storms Forecast Center was renamed the Storm Prediction Center, and as part of the weather service's modernization program, the Storm Prediction Center was moved to Norman, Oklahoma.

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