Reducing doubt about uncertainty: Guidance for IPCC's third assessment

Climatic Change

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 641-658

  Moss, Richard H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPERT JUDGMENT; GLOBAL CHANGE; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGES; MODEL RESOLUTION; SCHNEIDER; TIME HORIZONS; UNCERTAIN INFORMATIONS;

DECISION MAKING; RATING;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GLOBAL CHANGE; GUIDELINE; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; POLICY MAKING; STAKEHOLDER; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BRYOPHYTA;

EID: 80053312960     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-011-0182-x     Document Type: Review

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