Climate model fidelity and projections of climate change

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2006, Pages

  Shukla, J ^a,b   DelSole, T ^a,b   Fennessy, M ^b   Kinter, J ^a,b   Paolino, D ^b  

^a George Mason University   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR OCEAN LAND ATMOSPHERE STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENTROPY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

CLIMATE MODEL; RELATIVE ENTROPY; SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURE; ZONAL MEAN SENSITIVITY;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENTROPY; GLOBAL WARMING; PROBABILITY;

EID: 33646834630     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL025579     Document Type: Article

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