Cowtan et al. (2018a)
Also: Cowtan et al. 2018a
Statistical analysis of coverage error in simple global temperature estimators
Cowtan, K., Jacobs, P., Thorne, P., & Wilkinson, R. (2018). Statistical analysis of coverage error in simple global temperature estimators. Dynamics and Statistics of the Climate System, 3(1), dzy003. Link to paper
https://doi.org/10.1093/climsys/dzy003
References
All IPCC definitions taken from Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis. Working Group I Contribution to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Annex I, Glossary, pp. 941-954. Cambridge University Press.