Quantification of modelling uncertainties in a large ensemble of climate change simulations

Nature

Volumn 430, Issue 7001, 2004, Pages 768-772

  Murphy, James M ^a   Sexton, David M H ^a   Barnett, David H ^a   Jones, Gareth S ^a   Webb, Mark J ^a   Collins, Matthew ^a   Stainforth, David A ^b  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

GLOBAL CLIMATE MODELS; MODEL PARAMETERS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; FORECASTING METHOD;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PARAMETER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROCESS MODEL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; TEMPERATURE; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 4043124611     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02771     Document Type: Article

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