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Activity Number:
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334
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Type:
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Roundtables
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Date/Time:
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Tuesday, August 4, 2009 : 12:30 PM to 1:50 PM
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Sponsor:
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Section on Physical and Engineering Sciences
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| Abstract - #305326 |
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Title:
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Climate Past, Present, and Future
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Author(s):
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Douglas Nychka*+
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Companies:
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National Center for Atmospheric Research
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Address:
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P.O. Box 3000, Boulder, CO, 80307-3000,
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Keywords:
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climate ; spatial statistics ; extremes
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Abstract:
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A grand scientific challenge for this century is to understand the complex interrelationships among the physical processes, and human activities that define the Earth's climate. One specific concern is the warming of our climate brought about the increase of greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide, being released into the atmosphere. What do we know about the Earth's past climate and is the global warming over the last century real? What is a climate model and how is it used to understand changes to climate for the future? For each of these questions statistical science can play a role in quantifying the uncertainty in scientific conclusions, for combining different kinds of information and summarizing complex data sets.
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- Authors who are presenting talks have a * after their name.
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