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https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-11-1233-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-11-1233-2020
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21 Dec 2020
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Emergent constraints on equilibrium climate sensitivity in CMIP5: do they hold for CMIP6?

Manuel Schlund, Axel Lauer, Pierre Gentine, Steven C. Sherwood, and Veronika Eyring

Model code and software

ESMValTool B. Andela, B. Broetz, L. de Mora, N. Drost, V. Eyring, N. Koldunov, A. Lauer, B. Mueller, V. Predoi, M. Righi, M. Schlund, J. Vegas-Regidor, K. Zimmermann, K. Adeniyi, E. Arnone, O. Bellprat, P. Berg, L. Bock, L.-P. Caron, N. Carvalhais, I. Cionni, N. Cortesi, S. Corti, B. Crezee, E. L. Davin, P. Davini, C. Deser, F. Diblen, D. Docquier, L. Dreyer, C. Ehbrecht, P. Earnshaw, B. Gier, N. Gonzalez-Reviriego, P. Goodman, S. Hagemann, J. von Hardenberg, B. Hassler, A. Hunter, C. Kadow, S. Kindermann, S. Koirala, L. Lledó, Q. Lejeune, V. Lembo, B. Little, S. Loosveldt-Tomas, R. Lorenz, T. Lovato, V. Lucarini, F. Massonnet, C. W. Mohr, P. Amarjiit, N. Pérez-Zanón, A., Phillips, J. Russell, M. Sandstad, A. Sellar, D. Senftleben, F. Serva, J. Sillmann, T. Stacke, R. Swaminathan, V. Torralba, K. and Weigel https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3401363

ESMValCore B. Andela, B. Broetz, L. de Mora, N. Drost, V. Eyring, V., N. Koldunov, A. Lauer, V. Predoi, M. Righi, M. Schlund, J. Vegas-Regidor, K. Zimmermann, L. Bock, F. Diblen, L. Dreyer, P. Earnshaw, B. Hassler, B. Little, S. Loosveldt-Tomas, S. Smeets, J. Camphuijsen, B. K. Gier, K. Weigel, M. Hauser, P. Kalverla, E. Galytska, P. Cos-Espuña, P., I. Pelupessy, S. Koirala, T. Stacke, S. Alidoost, and M. Jury https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3387139

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As an important measure of climate change, the Equilibrium Climate Sensitivity (ECS) describes the change in surface temperature after a doubling of the atmospheric CO2 concentration. Climate models from the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP) show a wide range in ECS. Emergent constraints are a technique to reduce uncertainties in ECS with observational data. Emergent constraints developed with data from CMIP phase 5 show reduced skill and higher ECS ranges when applied to CMIP6 data.
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