Spatial patterns of probabilistic temperature change projections from a multivariate Bayesian analysis

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Furrer, R ^a   Knutti, R ^b   Sain, S R ^b   Nychka, D W ^b   Meehl, G A ^b  

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

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BAYESIAN NETWORKS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MARKOV PROCESSES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY;

DIMENSION REDUCTION TECHNIQUES; GLOBAL COUPLED CLIMATE MODELS; MULTIVARIATE BAYESIAN ANALYSIS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; GLOBAL CLIMATE; MARKOV CHAIN; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 34249874942     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL027754     Document Type: Article

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