Predictability, uncertainty and decision making: A unified perspective to build a bridge from weather to climate

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Volumn 5, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 327-333

  Kumar, Arun ^a   Murtugudde, Raghu ^b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE PREDICTION; CLOUD; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DIVERGENCE; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 84884533219     PISSN: 18773435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2013.05.009     Document Type: Review

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