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Energy budget constraints on climate response

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Figure 1: Observations of the global energy budget and their implications.

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  1. Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QY, UK

    Alexander Otto, Friederike E. L. Otto & Myles R. Allen

  2. Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique, IPSL/CNRS, UPMC, Paris, France

    Olivier Boucher

  3. CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Hobart, Castray Esplanade, Hobart Tasmani, 7000, Australia

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  4. Grant Institute, University of Edinburgh, West Mains Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3JW, UK

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  5. School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK

    Piers M. Forster

  6. Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis, PO Box 3065 STNCSC, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

    Nathan P. Gillett

  7. Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, PO Box 243, Reading, RG6 6BB, UK

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O.B., J.C., G.H., P.F., N.P.G., J.G., G.C.J., R.K., N.L., U.L., J.M., G.M., D.S., B.S., and M.R.A. conceived the analysis and designed the headline figure. P.M.F. provided the forcing data and estimates. G.C.J. provided the heat content data. A.O. conducted the analysis and produced the figures. A.O., F.E.L.O., M.R.A., P.M.F., O.B., and G.C.J contributed to writing the paper.

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Otto, A., Otto, F., Boucher, O. et al. Energy budget constraints on climate response. Nature Geosci 6, 415–416 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo1836

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