The risk of sea level rise: A delphic Monte Carlo analysis in which twenty researchers specify subjective probability distributions for model coefficients within their respective areas of expertise

Climatic Change

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 151-212

  Titus, James G ^a,c   Narayanan, Vijay ^b  

^a US Environmental Protection Agency

^b Technical Resources International

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEA LEVEL RISE;

EID: 0029764641     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf00140246     Document Type: Article

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