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parameterization

parameterization

1 7.7
A way of using simple numbers to show how a model behaves
  • noun
  • /ˌpærəˌmɛtərɪˈzeɪʃən/
  • Specialized
: parametrización
  • For effective climate simulations, accurate parameterization of atmospheric processes is crucial.
  • model parameterization

Yeah, this is a parameterization that fits observation.

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Examples

  • The parameterization of data in the experiment allowed for clearer analysis of the results.

  • The limitation of this approach is the difficulty in obtaining a sufficiently large database for climate parameterization.

    Academic text (1994)
  • But further effort is required to relate the current studies to the climate parameterization problem.

    Academic text (1994)
  • The model may achieve both criteria, but not with a single parameterization.

    Academic text (2011)
  • The focus of this article is to describe the development and parameterization of reproduction establishment models.

    Academic text (2016)
  • Ptolemy's theory was a parameterization of the motion of celestial bodies, a sort of Fourier series.

    Blog text (2)
  • Table 1 shows the simulation results for the two model parameterizations: the baseline case in the first panel and the case where government spending is productive in the second.

    Academic text (2018)
  • To examine this question statistically, we used our parameterization of the time course to examine differences in performance on the Day 1 and Day 2 auditory tasks.

    Academic text (2013)
  • There's virtually no data from the vast oceans that dominate the tropics, so the IPCC applied parameterization to create data.

    Blog text (8)
  • Spatially continuous modeling of terrestrial carbon cycling requires model parameterization of the land surface (Hall and Sellers 1995), which can be performed regularly only through remote sensing.

    Academic text (2010)

Synonyms

parametrization
vsparameterization
  • Specialized
1 8.8

The process of describing something like a curve by using numbers

is broader, also covers organizing parameters for technical models and applications

Surface Forms

Morphology

parameterization = parameterize (transparent) = parameter + ize + ation

Formed by adding the productive nominalizing suffix '-ation' to the familiar verb 'parameterize'; the relationship is regular and predictable.

Etymology

The word parameterization comes from parameter, made of para- ('beside') and meter ('measure'), like in the word thermometer. So parameterization is the process of choosing and setting the key 'measures' called parameters that a model uses, which is why scientists and engineers use the word when they build computer models.