On discriminating between GCM forcing configurations using Bayesian reconstructions of late-holocene temperatures

Journal of Climate

Volumn 28, Issue 20, 2015, Pages 8264-8281

  Tingley, Martin ^a   Craigmile, Peter F ^b   Haran, Murali ^a   Li, Bo ^c   Mannshardt, Elizabeth ^d   Rajaratnam, Bala ^e  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian methods; Model evaluation performance; Paleoclimate

Indexed keywords

EID: 84947579728     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0208.1     Document Type: Article

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