Quantile-based bias correction and uncertainty quantification of extreme event attribution statements

Weather and Climate Extremes

Volumn 12, Issue , 2015, Pages 24-32

  Jeon, Soyoung ^a   Paciorek, Christopher J ^b   Wehner, Michael F ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ERROR CORRECTION; EXTREME EVENT; PROBABILITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84959432407     PISSN: 22120947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wace.2016.02.001     Document Type: Article

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