An error estimation method for precipitation and temperature projections for future climates

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 22, 2012, Pages

  Woldemeskel, F M ^a   Sharma, A ^a   Sivakumar, B ^a,b   Mehrotra, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ESTIMATION; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; RISK PERCEPTION; WATER RESOURCES;

EMISSION SCENARIO; ERROR VARIANCE; ESTIMATION METHODS; FUTURE CLIMATE; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; INITIAL CONDITIONS; RISK-BASED; SOURCES OF UNCERTAINTY; SPACE AND TIME; SQUARE ROOTS; TEMPERATURE PROJECTION; TEMPERATURE SIMULATIONS; TEMPORAL PATTERN; UNCERTAINTY ESTIMATION;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE VARIATION; DECISION ANALYSIS; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; GLOBAL CLIMATE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RISK ASSESSMENT; SIMULATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER RESOURCE;

EID: 84870169896     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JD018062     Document Type: Article

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