Quantifying the uncertainty in forecasts of anthropogenic climate change

Nature

Volumn 407, Issue 6804, 2000, Pages 617-620

  Allen, Myles R ^a   Stott, Peter A ^b   Mitchell, John F B ^b   Schnur, Reiner ^c   Delworth, Thomas L ^d  

^a RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SULFATE;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CLIMATE CHANGE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; EXHAUST GAS; FORECASTING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0034609871     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35036559     Document Type: Article

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