Statistical inference for atmospheric transport models using process convolutions

Environmetrics

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 87-101

  Zhou, Weining ^a   Sansó, Bruno ^a  

^a University of California Santa Cruz   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian model comparison; Computer simulator; Dimension reduction; General circulation model; Process convolutions

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CIRCULATION MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; OZONE; PREDICTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WIND FORCING;

EID: 38349170653     PISSN: 11804009     EISSN: 1099095X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/env.858     Document Type: Article

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