A modular approach to Integrated Assessment modeling

Environmental Modeling and Assessment

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 207-220

  Leimbach, Marian ^a   Jaeger, Carlo ^a  

^a POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate change; Integrated assessment; Model coupling; Modularity

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; OPTIMIZATION;

CONVERGENCE BEHAVIORS; FUNCTIONAL MODULES; GUIDING PRINCIPLES; INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT; INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT MODELS; MATHEMATICAL STRUCTURE; MODEL COUPLING; MODULARITY;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ALGORITHM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTEGRATED APPROACH; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 14644387594     PISSN: 14202026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10666-005-2361-5     Document Type: Article

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