Probabilistic predictions of climate change for Australia and southern Africa using the reliability ensemble average of IPCC CMIP3 model simulations

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 15, 2008, Pages

  Moise, A F ^a   Hudson, D A ^a  

^a Bureau of Meteorology Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCEANOGRAPHY; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RELIABILITY; SIMULATORS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALIA; BOTSWANA; CLIMATE CHANGE PROJECTIONS; COUPLED ATMOSPHERE OCEAN GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; COUPLED MODEL INTERCOMPARISON PROJECT; DEGREE OF CONVERGENCE; EMISSION SCENARIO; ENSEMBLE AVERAGES; ENSEMBLE AVERAGING; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGES; KALAHARI; MODEL SIMULATION; MODEL UNCERTAINTIES; MONSOON RAINFALL; MULTI-MODEL ENSEMBLE; NAMIBIA; NATURAL VARIABILITY; PRECIPITATION CHANGE; PROBABILISTIC PREDICTION; TANZANIA; THIRD PHASE; THRESHOLD PROBABILITY; WEIGHTED AVERAGES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE PREDICTION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PROBABILITY; SEASONAL VARIATION;

AFRICA; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 71949126055     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JD009250     Document Type: Article

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