On the meaning of independence in climate science

Annan, James D.; Hargreaves, Julia C.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-8-211-2017

Articles | Volume 8, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-8-211-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-8-211-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 8, issue 1

Research article

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21 Mar 2017

Research article |

| 21 Mar 2017

On the meaning of independence in climate science

James D. Annan and Julia C. Hargreaves

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Final revised paper (published on 21 Mar 2017)
Preprint (discussion started on 19 Aug 2016)

Interactive discussion

Status: closed

AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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SC1: 'Short comment', Nadja Herger, 05 Sep 2016
- AC1: 'Reply', James Annan, 08 Sep 2016
RC1: 'Review of Annan and Hargreaves', Ben Sanderson, 17 Sep 2016
- AC2: 'Reply to Ben Sanderson', James Annan, 26 Sep 2016
RC2: 'Review ESD 2016-34', Anonymous Referee #2, 26 Sep 2016
- AC3: 'Reply to Reviewer #2', James Annan, 29 Sep 2016
RC3: 'Review of "On the meaning of independence in climate science"', Gab Abramowitz, 27 Sep 2016
- AC4: 'Reply to Gab Abramowitz', James Annan, 29 Sep 2016

Peer-review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (26 Oct 2016) by Fubao Sun

AR by James Annan on behalf of the Authors (27 Jan 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (04 Feb 2017) by Fubao Sun

ED: Publish as is (22 Feb 2017) by Fubao Sun

AR by James Annan on behalf of the Authors (28 Feb 2017)

Short summary

The concept of independence has been frequently raised in climate science, but has rarely been defined and discussed in a theoretically robust and quantifiable manner. Improved understanding of this topic is critical to better understanding of climate change. In this paper, we introduce a unifying approach based on the statistical definition of independence, and illustrate with simple examples how it can be applied to practical questions.