Robustness and uncertainties in the new CMIP5 climate model projections
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The separation of model vs. scenario uncertainty is unclear in such an approach.
“We recognize that such an approach could be problematic for uncertainty analysis, as the separation of model vs. scenario uncertainty is unclear (Knutti and Sedláček, 2013).”
From The Scenario Model Intercomparison Project (ScenarioMIP) for CMIP6 (2016) · cites this paper as Knutti and Sedláček, 2013
CMIP5 projections are an incremental advance over CMIP3 data, so using CMIP3 does not limit the relevance of the analysis.
“Since CMIP5 projections are an incremental advance over CMIP3 data [34–36], this does not limit the relevance of our analysis as a tool for assessing anthropogenic influences on future fire activity.”
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- Authors
- Knutti, R., & Sedláček, J.
- Affiliations
- ETH Zurich (CH)
- Corresponding author
- Knutti, Reto
- ORCID
- Knutti, Reto
- Venue
- Nature Climate Change
- Published
- 2012-10-28
- Volume
- 3
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 369-373
- ISSN
- 1758-678X (ISSN-L)
- 1758-6798
- OpenAlex
- W1968176769
- Cited by
- 1,569
- References
- 24
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 67.81
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Nature Climate Change (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- U.S. Department of Energy
- Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Climate variability and models
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Climate Change Policy and Economics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Climate Change and Environmental Impact
- Keywords
- CMIP5, climate model projections, model spread, natural climate variability, global temperature change, precipitation change, IPCC AR5, model resolution, climate change impacts, uncertainty in climate projections, model convergence
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