The IPCC AR5 guidance note on consistent treatment of uncertainties: A common approach across the working groups

Climatic Change

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 675-691

  Mastrandrea, Michael D ^a   Mach, Katharine J ^a   Plattner, Gian Kasper ^b   Edenhofer, Ottmar ^c,d   Stocker, Thomas F ^b   Field, Christopher B ^a   Ebi, Kristie L ^a   Matschoss, Patrick R ^c  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT PROCESS; CROSS-CUTTING; DEGREE OF CERTAINTY; GUIDANCE NOTES; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGES; RELATIVE DEGREES; WIDE SPECTRUM; WORKING GROUPS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNICATION; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

RATING;

CALIBRATION; DESIGN METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; POLICY MAKING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 80053379976     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-011-0178-6     Document Type: Article

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