"Prediction" or "projection"?: The nomenclature of climate science

Science Communication

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 534-543

  Bray, Dennis ^a   Von Storch, Hans ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate change; Climate models; Prediction; Projection; Survey of climate scientists

Indexed keywords

EID: 65749116978     PISSN: 10755470     EISSN: 15528545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1075547009333698     Document Type: Review

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