The latest iteration of IPCC uncertainty guidance-an author perspective

Climatic Change

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 733-743

  Jones, Roger N ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX ENVIRONMENTS; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGES; MULTIPLE-FRAME; PERCEIVED RISK; RISK-BASED; SCIENTIFIC RESEARCHES; SCIENTIFIC UNCERTAINTY; SPECIFIC VALUES; UNCERTAINTY MANAGEMENT; WORKING GROUPS;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GUIDELINE; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; LITERATURE REVIEW; PHILOSOPHY; POLICY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 80053326477     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-011-0239-x     Document Type: Article

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