Assessing climate model projections: State of the art and philosophical reflections

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B - Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 258-276

  Katzav, Joel ^a   Dijkstra, Henk A ^b   de Laat, A T J Jos ^c  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Climate models; Predictions; Probability; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867761672     PISSN: 13552198     EISSN: 18792502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsb.2012.07.002     Document Type: Article

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