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Activity Number: 202
Type: Roundtables
Date/Time: Tuesday, August 5, 2008 : 7:00 AM to 8:15 AM
Sponsor: Section on Statistics and the Environment
Abstract - #302374
Title: What Would a Statistician Do with a Climate Model?
Author(s): Doug Nychka*+
Companies: National Center of Atmospheric Research
Address: , Boulder, CO, 80307-3000,
Keywords: climate ; computer models ; spatial statistics
Abstract:

What is a climate model? How is it used to understand potential changes in climate? Why should a statistician care? This is an informal discussion about some of the largest numerical models used by a scientific community and why concepts of uncertainty and model validation are central to making informed decisions about responding to global warming.

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