climate sensitivity
The sensitivity of the Earth's climate to additions of greenhouse gases to the…The sensitivity of the Earth's climate to additions of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere: the degree of effect that such additions have; a numerical value as a metric thereof; any of various educated estimates for the real (unknown) value.
Meaning
1 sensesThe sensitivity of the Earth's climate to additions of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere: the degree of effect that such additions have; a numerical value as a metric thereof; any of various educated estimates for the real (unknown) value.
equilibrium climate sensitivity (ECS)
Scientists have been modeling and estimating the climate sensitivity for decades, and they try to group their estimates into best-case, worst-case, and likeliest-case categories.
Forms
plural: climate sensitivities| Singular | climate sensitivity |
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