• DocumentCode
    1065273
  • Title

    Beyond the means: validating climate models with higher-order statistics

  • Author

    Pierce, David W.

  • Author_Institution
    Climate Res. Div., Scripps Instn. of Oceanogr., San Diego, CA, USA
  • Volume
    6
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    2004
  • Firstpage
    22
  • Lastpage
    29
  • Abstract
    Large-scale climate models are validated by comparing those models´ means and variabilities to actual observation. New applications place more demands on such models, which we can address by examining the models´ distributions of daily quantities such as temperature and precipitation.
  • Keywords
    climatology; formal verification; higher order statistics; physics computing; precipitation; temperature; climate model validation; higher-order statistics; precipitation; temperature; Atmosphere; Atmospheric modeling; Clouds; Equations; Higher order statistics; Ocean temperature; Predictive models; Sea ice; Sea surface; Water; 65; Earth and atmospheric sciences; mathematics and statistics; model validation and analysis;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Computing in Science & Engineering
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1521-9615
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MCSE.2004.32
  • Filename
    1324547
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1065273