Climate models as economic guides scientific challenge or quixotic quest?

Issues in Science and Technology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 79-84

  Saltelli, Andrea ^a   Stark, Philip B ^b   Becker, William ^a   Stano, Pawel ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CLIMATE CHANGE POLICIES; CLIMATE OBSERVATIONS; CLIMATE POLICY; CLIMATE SIMULATION; COST AND BENEFITS; PERFORMANCE; POLICY DECISIONS; POLICY OPTIONS; SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY; UNCERTAINTY;

CLIMATE MODELS;

EID: 84961702427     PISSN: 07485492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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