Solution to the paradox of climate sensitivity

Climatic Change

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 163-179

  Pueyo, Salvador ^a  

^a Climate Dynamics and Impacts Unit Institut Català de Ciències del Clima IC3   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN APPROACHES; BAYESIAN ESTIMATIONS; CLIMATE POLICY; CLIMATE SENSITIVITY; DIRECT USE; EXPERT ELICITATION; FORCINGS; FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS; GAS CONCENTRATION; NON EQUILIBRIUM; NON-INFORMATIVE PRIOR; PRE-INDUSTRIAL LEVELS; PRIOR DISTRIBUTION; SCALE-INVARIANT; STEADY-STATE TEMPERATURE; UNIFORM DISTRIBUTION;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; INFORMATION THEORY;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84862131401     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-011-0328-x     Document Type: Article

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