The myopia of imperfect climate models: The case of UKCP09

Philosophy of Science

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 886-897

  Frigg, Roman ^a   Smith, Leonard A ^a   Stainforth, David A ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84885645378     PISSN: 00318248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/673892     Document Type: Article

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