What is the effect of unresolved internal climate variability on climate sensitivity estimates?

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 4348-4358

  Olson, R ^a   Sriver, R ^b   Chang, W ^a   Haran, M ^a   Urban, N M ^c   Keller, K ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

climate sensitivity; Gaussian process; internal climate variability; uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE SENSITIVITY; ESTIMATION UNCERTAINTIES; GAUSSIAN PROCESSES; HISTORICAL OBSERVATION; INTERMEDIATE COMPLEXITY; INTERNAL CLIMATE VARIABILITY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION METHOD; UNCERTAINTY;

ESTIMATION;

CLIMATE VARIATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIMULATION;

EID: 84881149555     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50390     Document Type: Article

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