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Energy-balance models (EBMs) are the simplest possible quantitative, physical models of the climatic system. We stress the close interplay between the understanding of physical mechanisms participating in climate equilibrium and in climate change, on the one hand, and the effective use of mathematical tools in modeling these mechanisms, on the other. The possible contribution of EBMs to the study of climatic changes, their causes and their nature, is pointed out.
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Ghil, M. (1981). Energy-Balance Models: An Introduction. In: Berger, A. (eds) Climatic Variations and Variability: Facts and Theories. NATO Advanced Study Institutes Series, vol 72. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-8514-8_27
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