Philosophy of climate science part II: modelling climate change

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Philosophy Compass 10 (12):965-977 (2015)
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This is the second of three parts of an introduction to the philosophy of climate science. In this second part about modelling climate change, the topics of climate modelling, confirmation of climate models, the limits of climate projections, uncertainty and finally model ensembles will be discussed.

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10.1111/phc3.12297

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Charlotte Sophie Werndl
London School of Economics
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