Probabilistic climate scenarios may misrepresent uncertainty and lead to bad adaptation decisions

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1127-1129

  Hall, Jim ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 34247213405     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.6573     Document Type: Note

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