Multivariate Bayesian analysis of atmosphere-ocean general circulation models

Environmental and Ecological Statistics

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 249-266

  Furrer, Reinhard ^a,b   Sain, Stephan R ^b,c   Nychka, Douglas ^b   Meehl, Gerald A ^b  

^a Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Hierarchical model; Large datasets; MCMC; Spatial process; Spherical covariance

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA SET; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 34249874205     PISSN: 13528505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10651-007-0018-z     Document Type: Article

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