Simple uncertainty frameworks for selecting weighting schemes and interpreting multimodel ensemble climate change experiments

Journal of Climate

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 4017-4037

  Sansom, Philip G ^a   Stephenson, David B ^a   Ferro, Christopher A T ^a   Zappa, Giuseppe ^b   Shaffrey, Len ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate prediction; Ensembles; Extratropical cyclones; North Atlantic Ocean; Regression analysis; Statistical techniques

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE PREDICTION; ENSEMBLES; EXTRATROPICAL CYCLONES; NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES;

CLIMATE MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STORMS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE PREDICTION; CYCLONE; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84880293705     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00462.1     Document Type: Article

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