Determination of a lower bound on Earth’s climate sensitivity
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Transient and equilibrium sensitivity of Earth’s climate has been calculated using global temperature, forcing and heating rate data for the period 197
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Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium
University House 1, PO Box 1700, STN CSC, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, V8W 3R4 Phone: 250-721-6236 | Fax: 250-721-7217 | pacificclimate.org 1. Here ‘likely’ is defined as having an assessed likelihood of 66-100%. 2. These figures are from the Technical Summary of Working Group One’s contribution to the Fifth Assessment Report of the IPCC. This Summary is available...
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