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HISTORICAL FREQUENCY [3 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2019-05-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Food Safety
  • Crop Protection
  • Collaboration with the FAO
CONT

In estimating an extraneous maximum residue level the JMPR [Joint Food and Agriculture Organization(FAO)/World Health Organization(WHO) Meeting on Pesticide Residues] attempts to take into account a number of factors. These include the amount of data, the relative importance of the commodity in international trade, the potential for trade difficulties or accounts thereof, the frequency of positive results, a knowledge of the propensity of a particular crop to take up residues, e. g., the uptake of DDT [dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane] by carrots, historical monitoring data...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Salubrité alimentaire
  • Protection des végétaux
  • Collaboration avec la FAO

Spanish

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Record 2 2004-03-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Meteorological Forecasting, Data Measurement and Analysis
DEF

Forecast which contains a statement of the likelihood of a specific event ...

OBS

E.g. a shower, during a specific period at a particular place.

CONT

Probabilities or probabilistic forecasts [are] an attempt to convey the uncertainty in a forecast by expressing its likelihood of occurrence as a probability, or percentage. High probabilities do not guarantee an outcome-they merely indicate that that outcome is highly likely. Probabilities are usually based on the frequency of occurrence in the historical record. For instance, if the chance of receiving above-median rainfall in a particular climate scenario is 60%, then 60% of past years when that scenario occurred had above median rainfall, and 40% had below-median rainfall.

Key term(s)
  • probability prediction
  • probabilistic prediction

French

Domaine(s)
  • Prévisions météorologiques et mesure et analyse des données
DEF

Prévision qui contient une indication de la probabilité d'un événement donné [...]

OBS

P. ex. une averse, durant une période déterminée en un point particulier.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Previsiones meteorológicas, medición y análisis de datos
DEF

Predicción que incluye una declaración referente a la probabilidad de ocurrencia de un hecho determinado.

OBS

Por ejemplo, ocurrencia de chubascos durante un período determinado en un cierto lugar.

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Record 3 1981-09-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Operations Research and Management

French

Domaine(s)
  • Recherche et gestion opérationnelles

Spanish

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