Implications for climate sensitivity from the response to individual forcings
Author(s) -
Kate Marvel,
Gavin A. Schmidt,
R. L. Miller,
Larissa Nazarenko
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
nature climate change
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.749
H-Index - 189
eISSN - 1758-6798
pISSN - 1758-678X
DOI - 10.1038/nclimate2888
Subject(s) - climate sensitivity , climatology , forcing (mathematics) , climate change , environmental science , climate commitment , climate model , transient climate simulation , sensitivity (control systems) , radiative forcing , metric (unit) , global warming , coupled model intercomparison project , atmospheric sciences , effects of global warming , ecology , geology , electronic engineering , engineering , operations management , economics , biology
The response of climate to external forcing is known as climate sensitivity, and its estimates are calculated from historical observations. This study estimates the efficacy of individual forcings and revises climate sensitivities accordingly.
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