Issues in estimating observed change at the local scale – a case study: the recent warming over France

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 3794-3806

  Ribes, Aurélien ^a   Corre, Lola ^b   Gibelin, Anne Laure ^b   Dubuisson, Brigitte ^b  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^b MÉTÉO FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

best estimate; climate change; confidence interval; detection; internal variability; local scale

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; ERROR DETECTION; FINANCIAL DATA PROCESSING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WHITE NOISE;

BEST ESTIMATES; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; GENERALIZED LEAST SQUARE; INTERNAL VARIABILITY; LOCAL SCALE; OPTIMAL PROPERTIES; PRACTICAL RECOMMENDATION; TEMPORAL PATTERN;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE VARIATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; TREND ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WARMING; WHITE NOISE;

FRANCE;

EID: 84959440486     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.4593     Document Type: Article

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