Nonlinear statistical attribution and detection of anthropogenic climate change using a simulated annealing algorithm

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 76, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 1-12

  Walter, Andreas ^a,b   Schönwiese, Christian D ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; GREENHOUSE GAS; NONLINEARITY;

EID: 10744228440     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-003-0008-5     Document Type: Article

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