An efficient stochastic Bayesian approach to optimal parameter and uncertainty estimation for climate model predictions

Journal of Climate

Volumn 17, Issue 14, 2004, Pages 2828-2841

  Jackson, Charles ^a   Sen, Mrinal K ^a   Stoffa, Paul L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RANDOM PROCESSES; SIMULATED ANNEALING;

CLIMATE MODELS; COMPUTATIONAL COSTS; STOCHASTIC BAYESIAN APPROACH;

CLIMATOLOGY;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 4043130798     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2004)017<2828:AESBAT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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