Evaluating simulated fraction of attributable risk using climate observations

Journal of Climate

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 4565-4575

  Lott, Fraser C ^a   Stott, Peter A ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atm ocean structure phenomena; Climate change; Climate models; Climatology; Error analysis; Extreme events; Forecast verification skill; Forecasting; Mathematical and statistical techniques; Models and modeling; Physical meteorology and climatology

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; ERROR ANALYSIS; ERRORS; ESTIMATION; FORECASTING; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANTHROPOGENIC CLIMATE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISKS; CLIMATE OBSERVATIONS; CLIMATE SIMULATION; EXTREME EVENTS; FORECAST VERIFICATION/SKILL; PROBABILISTIC FORECASTS; STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATOLOGY; ERROR ANALYSIS; EXTREME EVENT; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 84974782890     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0566.1     Document Type: Article

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