Equilibrium climate sensitivity (ECS) represents
the equilibrium change in surface temperature to a doubling of atmospheric CO2 concentration.
Consider testing the climate sensitivity (CS,
equilibrium change in mean surface temp in response to a doubling of CO2.)
IPCC projections are consistent with our understanding of the time scale of the ice - albedo feedback and
equilibrium change in sea level rise due to paleo climate data.
Climate sensitivity - In Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports, equilibrium climate sensitivity refers to
the equilibrium change in the annual mean global surface temperature following a doubling of the atmospheric equivalent carbon dioxide concentration.
The climate sensitivity parameter (units: °C (W m - 2)-1) refers to
the equilibrium change in the annual mean global surface temperature following a unit change in radiative forcing.
equilibrium climate sensitivity refers to
the equilibrium change in the annual mean global surface temperature following a doubling of the atmospheric equivalent carbon dioxide concentration.
Climate sensitivity in its most basic form is defined as
the equilibrium change in global surface temperature that occurs in response to a climate forcing, or externally imposed perturbation of the planetary energy balance.
The equilibrium climate sensitivity refers to
the equilibrium change in average global surface air temperature following a unit change in the radiative forcing.
First let's define the «equilibrium climate sensitivity» as the «
equilibrium change in global mean surface temperature following a doubling of the atmospheric (equivalent) CO2 concentration.
Not exact matches
To put it
in more technical terms, mutual betrayal is the only Nash
equilibrium: once both prisoners realize that betrayal is the optimal individual strategy, there is no gain to unilaterally
changing it.
But the prescription offered by the Taylor rule
changes significantly if one instead assumes, as I do, that appreciable slack still remains
in the labor market, and that the economy's
equilibrium real federal funds rate — that is, the real rate consistent with the economy achieving maximum employment and price stability over the medium term — is currently quite low by historical standards.
Jury is still out on secular stagnation — «At present, it looks likely that the
equilibrium interest rate will remain low for the policy - relevant future, but there have
in the past been both long swings and short - term
changes in what can be thought of as
equilibrium real rates»
The December 2016 decision by the PBOC to restrict investment - related FX purchases, however,
changed the funding
equilibrium (this took effect following the most recent Redfin report, thus not yet visible
in most economic data releases as of Feb 17).
But the manner of
change in living things is not exhausted by the facts of dynamic
equilibrium in homeostatic open systems.
The tree and the boy are happy, poised
in a kind of eternal
equilibrium (or the tree, presumably, would have it so), a world
in which nothing ever happens or
changes.
Genetic mutations build up and don't seem to cause that much
change in human understanding and on the human timescale but they exactly and precisely lead to what we see and define as «punctuated
equilibrium.»
An organism has a dynamic
equilibrium which allows it to assimilate and respond to a
changing environment
in order to preserve its unique identity.
The system exists
in an
equilibrium between the parts, but an
equilibrium that is forever
changing.
In the vast majority of cases that have been studied, mixtures of chemicals change in composition, as time proceeds, in such a way as to approach a condition of chemical equilibriu
In the vast majority of cases that have been studied, mixtures of chemicals
change in composition, as time proceeds, in such a way as to approach a condition of chemical equilibriu
in composition, as time proceeds,
in such a way as to approach a condition of chemical equilibriu
in such a way as to approach a condition of chemical
equilibrium.
Change in allele frequency
in a population of time, common descent, punctuated
equilibria, etc., etc. have no foundation
in biogenesis.
Some kinds of
change may be plausible if they involve a strengthening of a commitment to be a certain type of community which is already dominant
in a school, but other kinds of
change may be much less plausible precisely because they would involve a
change in the type of community a school already is or a
change in the current
equilibrium among contrasting types of community.
This stasis - rapid
change is known as «punctuated
equilibrium» put forth by atheists Stephen Gold / Niles Eldredge
in 1972 and accepted as fact today.
When working with natural colors sensitive to
changes in pH, determine the final (
equilibrium) pH of your finished product.
It seemed that any small fluctuation
in an ecological system was always balanced out by some other
change, maintaining
equilibrium even
in complex situations.
«Fragile hydrological
equilibrium in the Western Amazon threatened by climate
change.»
From
changes in local bond distances (OH · · O and O · · · O) with time, we elucidated the structural
changes in the far - from -
equilibrium regime at short times and near - equilibration at long times.
Dramatic
changes in species composition may establish other
equilibrium energy flows which involve other species compositions than before (ecosystem shift).
Although filaments like fishing line are thin, they are orders of magnitude thicker than a soap film
in equilibrium, meaning that the area of the soap film can
change depending on the point at which the film contacts the loop.
They are basically never
in equilibrium, but
in a constant state of
change.»
Rohling: Yeah, so what we see is that for a current level of forcing, so 1.6 watts per meter square net forcing, if we look
in the relationship that we now recognize between sea - level
change and climate forcing, we're are, more or less, looking at
in the
equilibrium state, natural equilibriumstate, where the planet would like to be that is similar to where we were 3.5 million years ago and that's where we're looking at sea level, you know, at least 15 meters, maybe 25 meters above the present.
However, since the active nematic used
in this work is far from
equilibrium, the researchers also found how the internal activity
changed and enriched the expectations.
One of the findings that stands out, he says, is that pop music shows a pattern from biological evolution known as punctuated
equilibrium,
in which periods of gradual
change are separated by explosions of complexity.
In addition, because the worms are constantly moving and
changing their configuration, this nematic phase is active and far from
equilibrium.
Over the past few thousand years, Earth was roughly
in equilibrium and the climate
changed little.
The computer was allowed to run until conditions stabilized at a new
equilibrium, and a map could be drawn showing
changes in temperature, precipitation, and other factors.
Using global climate models and NASA satellite observations of Earth's energy budget from the last 15 years, the study finds that a warming Earth is able to restore its temperature
equilibrium through complex and seemingly paradoxical
changes in the atmosphere and the way radiative heat is transported.
This process of glacial
equilibrium can be sparked by
changes in climate but then assume a life of its own.
«This emphasizes the importance of large - scale energy transport and atmospheric circulation
changes in restoring Earth's global temperature
equilibrium after a natural, unforced warming event,» Li said.
For example, dropping a pebble
in a lake will force the water to move away from its
equilibrium — and that
change will propagate across the surface of the lake.
Given that it doesn't matter much which forcing is
changing, sensitivity can be assessed from any particular period
in the past where the
changes in forcing are known and the corresponding
equilibrium temperature
change can be estimated.
While ECS is the
equilibrium global mean temperature
change that eventually results from atmospheric CO2 doubling, the smaller TCR refers to the global mean temperature
change that is realised at the time of CO2 doubling under an idealised scenario
in which CO2 concentrations increase by 1 % yr — 1 (Cubasch et al., 2001; see also Section 8.6.2.1).
Using the total energies of these phases obtained
in first - principle calculations, we calculate the Gibbs free energy
changes in the corresponding chemical reactions, and subsequently evaluate the
equilibrium concentrations of the phases
in every sample according to the law of mass action.
If you doubled CO2 and let the system come into
equilibrium, the imbalance you'd measure from space would be zero — but there would still be about 4 W / m ** 2 of radiative forcing from the
change in CO2.
Stouffer, R.J., and S. Manabe, 2003:
Equilibrium response of thermohaline circulation to large
changes in atmospheric CO2 concentration.
If a spike
in temperatures due to CO2 causes a non-reversible
change in ice cover, you have a situation more analogous to a deglaciation because you now have a forcing that has a strong effect on the
equilibrium amount of CO2
in the atmosphere.
So here's an attempt: When temperatures
change because of an orbital forcing, you've got a strong CO2 feedback because the CO2
in the atmosphere was
in equilibrium with the CO2
in the oceans before temperatures
changed.
We therefore do not advise users to apply H15's stoichiometric
equilibrium constants to correct for past
changes in major ‐ ion seawater composition.
Have you ever struggled to regain your emotional
equilibrium in the midst of an unexpected
change?
On the other hand, though, your spine
in many ways is the command center for your physical self — it's connected to so many other systems
in your body that that slightest
change to that
equilibrium can lead to problems.
Do the checks and balances and institute the
changes needed to create this
equilibrium in your life.