Assessing climate change impacts on extreme weather events: the case for an alternative (Bayesian) approach

Climatic Change

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 131-142

  Mann, Michael E ^a   Lloyd, Elisabeth A ^b   Oreskes, Naomi ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; DECISION MAKING; WEATHER INFORMATION SERVICES;

ALTERNATIVE HYPOTHESIS; BAYESIAN APPROACHES; CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; CONVENTIONAL APPROACH; EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS; OPPORTUNITY COSTS; PROOF OF CONCEPT; STATISTICAL INFERENCE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; EXTREME EVENT;

EID: 85028637572     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: 15731480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-017-2048-3     Document Type: Article

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