Connections between simulations and observation in climate computer modeling. Scientist's practices and "bottom-up epistemology" lessons

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B - Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 242-252

  Guillemot, Hélène ^a  

^a ÉCOLE DES HAUTES ÉTUDES EN SCIENCES SOCIALES   (France)

Author keywords

Climate models; Computer simulation; Evaluation; Modeling; Observation data; Scientific practices; Validation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957111108     PISSN: 13552198     EISSN: 18792502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsb.2010.07.003     Document Type: Article

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