Uncertainty analysis in climate change assessments

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 769-771

  Katz, Richard W ^a   Craigmile, Peter F ^b,c   Guttorp, Peter ^d,e   Haran, Murali ^f   Sansó, Bruno ^g   Stein, Michael L ^h  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e NORWEGIAN COMPUTING CENTER   (Norway)

^f PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 84883432797     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate1980     Document Type: Note

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