Updated 16 January, 2009

Best practice approaches for characterizing, communicating, and incorporating scientific uncertainty in decisionmaking

Final Report, Synthesis and Assessment Product 5.2

See also press release from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) (dtd 16 Jan 2009)

CCSP, 2009: Best practice approaches for characterizing, communicating, and incorporating scientific uncertainty in decisionmaking [Granger Morgan, H. Dowlatabadi, M. Henrion, D. Keith, R. Lempert, S. McBrid, M. Small, T. Wilbanks (eds.)]. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington D.C., USA.

Final Report

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