Towards a definition of climate science

International Journal of Environment and Pollution

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 413-422

  Lucarini, Valerio ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Climate change; Complex systems; Decision making process under uncertainty; Model system bias; Scientific uncertainty

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RELIABILITY; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

CLIMATE MODELS; CLIMATE SCIENCE;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; DECISION MAKING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; MODEL; POLITICS; PROBABILITY; REVIEW; SCIENCE; SOCIETY; THEORY; UNCERTAINTY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 4344654123     PISSN: 09574352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.2002.002336     Document Type: Review

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