to hindcast
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8.8
- verb
- /ˈhaɪndˌkæst/
- Specialized
:
retropronosticar
- Oh sure, Gavin Schmidt hindcasts aerosol cooling with his model.
Examples
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I was hindcasting and forecasting to the same effectiveness before having a clear idea of observable means.
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The team used the simulation to hindcast the weather patterns from the last decade.
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Despite that, the IPCC still claims that the ability to hindcast the past is a valid metric.
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A remarkably easy thing to do is hindcasting when you have so many flexible parameters because you know exactly what to aim for.
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Ah, hindcasting.
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However, you cannot hindcast with models that only suppose 1.2°C of warming.
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"When we hindcast Opal, Ivan, and Katrina, we did not see these types of storm sizes and intensities," said Stear.
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Outside of climate science, even the dumbest modeler knows that in a model tuned to the past (as all climate models are tuned), the ability to hindcast the past is meaningless.
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Ulric Lyons says: September 23, 2010 at 8:17 am I was hindcasting and forecasting to the same effectiveness before having a clear idea of observable means.
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Researchers hindcast historical climate data to validate the accuracy of their predictive models.
Synonyms
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5.4
Make a model of something to test or study it
To use current models to estimate past events
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Etymology
Hindcast comes from hind 'back' and cast as in forecast. To hindcast is to run a model back over past events to recreate them and to check that the model works.