Hierarchical evaluation of IPCC AR4 coupled climate models with systematic consideration of model uncertainties

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 29, Issue 7-8, 2007, Pages 853-868

  Min, Seung Ki ^a,b   Hense, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; MODEL VALIDATION; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

EID: 34447272152     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-007-0269-2     Document Type: Article

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