Abstract
We review the basic physics of the greenhouse effect, the concept of climate sensitivity, a variety of ways of evaluating climate sensitivity and the limitations of the concept of climate sensitivity.
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Lindzen, R.S. Climate physics, feedbacks, and reductionism (and when does reductionism go too far?). Eur. Phys. J. Plus 127, 52 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/i2012-12052-8
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