Sentences with phrase «strong emergent constraint»

The dependence of sensitivity on the SST warming pattern, in GCMs at least, implies that even if a valid, strong emergent constraint on ECS in coupled GCMs were found, and there were no shortcomings in the atmospheric models of GCMs that satisfied the constraint, that would be insufficient to constrain real - world ECS.

Not exact matches

Given that there is no strong a priori knowledge about any linear relationship — this is why it is an «emergent» constraint — it seems inadvisable to make one's statistical inference strongly dependent on models that are not consistent with the data at hand.

The three main criteria for a robust emergent constraint are satisfied: the physical mechanisms are well understood, the statistical relationship between the quantities of interest is strong, and uncertainties in the observed variations are weak, allowing Hall and Qu to constrain the snow - albedo feedback under global warming.