Characterizing climate-change uncertainties for decision-makers. An editorial essay

Climatic Change

Volumn 65, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 1-9

  Lempert, Robert ^a   Nakicenovic, Nebojsa ^b   Sarewitz, Daniel ^c   Schlesinger, Michael ^d  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION MAKING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 4344587257     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:CLIM.0000037561.75281.b3     Document Type: Article

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