Climate sensitivity estimates – sensitivity to radiative forcing time series and observational data

Skeie, Ragnhild Bieltvedt; Berntsen, Terje; Aldrin, Magne; Holden, Marit; Myhre, Gunnar

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-9-879-2018

Articles | Volume 9, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-9-879-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-9-879-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 9, issue 2

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21 Jun 2018

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Climate sensitivity estimates – sensitivity to radiative forcing time series and observational data

Ragnhild Bieltvedt Skeie, Terje Berntsen, Magne Aldrin, Marit Holden, and Gunnar Myhre

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Review comment to Skeie & al 2018', Anonymous Referee #1, 23 Jan 2018
- AC2: 'Response to referee number 1', Ragnhild Bieltvedt Skeie, 23 Mar 2018
SC1: 'Comment from Nicholas Lewis about bias from use of a subjective Bayesian analysis, and presentation of results', Nicholas Lewis, 29 Jan 2018
- AC1: 'Response to N. Lewis', Ragnhild Bieltvedt Skeie, 23 Mar 2018
RC2: 'Reviewer comment', Anonymous Referee #2, 26 Feb 2018
- AC3: 'Response to referee number 2', Ragnhild Bieltvedt Skeie, 23 Mar 2018

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (03 Apr 2018) by Valerio Lucarini

AR by Ragnhild Bieltvedt Skeie on behalf of the Authors (30 Apr 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (03 May 2018) by Valerio Lucarini

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (22 May 2018)

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (31 May 2018)

ED: Publish as is (01 Jun 2018) by Valerio Lucarini

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A key question in climate science is how the global mean surface temperature responds to changes in greenhouse gases. This dependency is quantified by the climate sensitivity, which is determined by the complex feedbacks in the climate system. In this study observations of past climate change are used to estimate this sensitivity. Our estimate is consistent with values for the equilibrium climate sensitivity estimated by complex climate models but sensitive to the use of uncertain input data.