Characterizing Uncertainty of Future Climate Change Projections using Hierarchical Bayesian Models

Bayesian Statistics 9

Volumn 9780199694587, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Tebaldi, Claudia ^a,b   Sansó, Bruno ^c   Smith, Richard L ^d   Ferreira, Marco A R ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Climate Central Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian hierarchical models; Climate change; Climate models; Ensembles; Forecast validation

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; CLIMATE MODELS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BAYESIAN HIERARCHICAL MODEL; ENSEMBLES; HIERARCHICAL BAYESIAN MODELS; MODEL SIMULATION; POSTERIOR PROBABILITY; PRECIPITATION CHANGE; STANDARD PRACTICES; STATISTICAL LITERATURE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 84933474578     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199694587.003.0021     Document Type: Chapter

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