Spatial analysis to quantify numerical model bias and dependence: How many climate models are there?

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 103, Issue 483, 2008, Pages 934-947

  Jun, Mikyoung ^a   Knutti, Reto ^b   Nychka, Douglas W ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross covariance model; Intergovernmental Panel on climate change; Kernel smoother; Numerical model evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 52949115123     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/016214507000001265     Document Type: Article

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