Forecasting is the use of historic data to determine the direction of future trends.forecasts are scientific predictions about the present and future states of water levels and possibly currents and other relevant oceanographic variables, such as salinity and temperature in a coastal area.
Related Journals of Operational Forecasting
Climatology & Weather Forecasting, Geoinformatics & Geostatistics: An Overview, Geology & Geophysics, Developments in Earth Surface Processes, Pollution Atmospherique, Air Quality, Atmosphere and Health, Tree-Ring Research.