Optimal detection of regional trends using global data

Journal of Climate

Volumn 23, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 4438-4446

  Leroy, Stephen S ^a   Anderson, James G ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN STATISTICS; CLIMATE SIGNALS; ESTIMATE MODEL; FORCINGS; GENERAL APPLICATIONS; GLOBAL DATA; INTERANNUAL FLUCTUATIONS; INTERNAL CLIMATE VARIABILITY; INTERNAL VARIABILITY; MODEL UNCERTAINTIES; OPTIMAL DETECTION; PRIOR PROBABILITY; QUANTITY OF INTEREST; REGION OF INTEREST; REGIONAL TRENDS; SPATIOTEMPORAL PATTERNS;

CLIMATE MODELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; OPTIMIZATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SIGNAL DETECTION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; TREND ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 77958090354     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JCLI3550.1     Document Type: Article

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