A Bayesian approach to climate model evaluation and multi-model averaging with an application to global mean surface temperatures from IPCC AR4 coupled climate models

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2006, Pages

  Min, Seung Ki ^a   Hense, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; STATISTICAL METHODS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CLIMATE MODEL EVALUATION; CLIMATE PREDICTIONS; MULTI-MODEL AVERAGING; SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURE;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CLIMATE MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 33745473817     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL025779     Document Type: Article

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