Predictability past, predictability present

Predictability of Weather and Climate

Volumn 9780521848824, Issue , 2006, Pages 217-250

  Smith, Leonard A ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS;

IN-SILICO MODELS; MATHEMATICAL THEORY; MEASUREMENT FUNCTION; NATURAL SELECTION; PHYSICAL SYSTEMS; PROBABILISTIC FORECASTS; STATISTICAL CHARACTERISTICS; THEORETICAL LIMITS;

FUNCTIONS;

EID: 84926974424     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511617652.010     Document Type: Chapter

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