Ensembles and probabilities: A new era in the prediction of climate change

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 365, Issue 1857, 2007, Pages 1957-1970

  Collins, M A T ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Prediction; Probability; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547225982     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2007.2068     Document Type: Review

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