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Activity Number:
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330
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Type:
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Roundtables
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Date/Time:
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Wednesday, August 6, 2008 : 7:00 AM to 8:15 AM
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Sponsor:
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Section on Statistics and the Environment
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| Abstract - #301884 |
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Title:
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20 Questions Statisticians Should Ask About Climate Change
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Author(s):
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Edward J. Wegman*+ and Yasmin H. Said+ and David W. Scott
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Companies:
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George Mason University and George Mason University and Rice University
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Address:
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4400 University Drive, Fairfax, VA, 22030-4422, 23044 Winged Elm Dr., Clarksburg, MD, 20871,
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Keywords:
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paleoclimate reconstruction ; climate modeling ; statistical/stochastic issues ; IPCC 2007 report ; Global Warming
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Abstract:
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Last fall, the ASA sponsored a workshop, "A Statistical Consensus on Global Warming," that was held at the National Center for Atmospheric Research. The workshop was aimed at understanding the areas of agreement from a statistical perspective. In light of the issuance of the IPCC 2007 report this year and the general lack of success of the Kyoto Accord to stem greenhouse gas emissions, this workshop has an important role in developing the consensus on statistical issues. Although both paleoclimate reconstruction and climate modeling have many fundamentally statistical/stochastic issues, the convergence of the perspectives of statisticians and climate scientists is not great. We seek to raise some of the statistical issues related to inferences about climate change.
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- The address information is for the authors that have a + after their name.
- Authors who are presenting talks have a * after their name.
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