Conventional and Bayesian approach to climate-change detection and attribution

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 124, Issue 552, 1998, Pages 2541-2565

  Hasselmann, K ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attribution; Climate change; Detection

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DETECTION METHOD;

EID: 0032452246     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.55201     Document Type: Article

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