Beyond the means: Validating climate models with higher-order statistics

Computing in Science and Engineering

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 22-29

  Pierce, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLIMATE MODELS; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS (OA GCM);

CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; GRAPHIC METHODS; HEAT FLUX; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; SOLAR SYSTEM; THERMAL EFFECTS; WATER;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 4544334183     PISSN: 15219615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MCSE.2004.32     Document Type: Review

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