Significance tests in climate science

Journal of Climate

Volumn 23, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 5927-5932

  Ambaum, Maarten H P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayesian methods; Climatology; Statistical techniques

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BAYESIAN METHODS; CLIMATE SCIENCE; QUANTITATIVE INFORMATION; QUANTITATIVE MEASURES; SIGNIFICANCE TEST; STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; CLIMATOLOGY;

STATISTICAL TESTS;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CLIMATOLOGY; GEOSTATISTICS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TESTING METHOD;

EID: 78449287028     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JCLI3746.1     Document Type: Article

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