Statistical principles for climate change studies

Journal of Climate

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 564-574

  Levine, Richard A ^a   Berliner, L Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STATISTICAL TESTS;

FINGERPRINT DETECTION METHODS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033079664     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1999)012<0564:SPFCCS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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