Assessing climate model projections: state of the art and philosophical reflections

DOI10.1016/J.SHPSB.2012.07.002MaRDI QIDQ2436232zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Joel Katzav, Henk Dijkstra, A. T. J. (jos) De Laat

Publication date 21 February 2014

Published in Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Part B. Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/14867/1/Assessing%20climate%20model%20projections%20-%20Katzav%20et%20al%20%28preprint%29.pdf

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zbMATH Keywords

uncertaintyprobabilitypredictionsclimate models

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Physics (00A79) Axioms; other general questions in probability (60A05) Hydrology, hydrography, oceanography (86A05) Meteorology and atmospheric physics (86A10)

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