Reply to Roe and Baker's comment on "another look at climate sensitivity" by Zaliapin and Ghil (2010)

I. Zaliapin (1) , M. Ghil (2, 3, 4)

1 University of Nevada [Reno]
2 LMD - Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique (UMR 8539)
3 IGPP - Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics [Los Angeles]
4 AOS - Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences [Los Angeles]

G. H. Roe and M. B. Baker (hereafter R&B) claim that analysis of a global linear approximation to the climate system allows one to conclude that the quest for reliable climate predictions is futile. We insist that this quest is important and requires a proper understanding of the roles of both linear and nonlinear methods in climate dynamics. © Author(s) 2011.

Domaines: Climatologie

I. Zaliapin, M. Ghil. Reply to Roe and Baker's comment on "another look at climate sensitivity" by Zaliapin and Ghil (2010). Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics, 2011, 18 (1), pp.129-131. ⟨10.5194/npg-18-129-2011⟩. ⟨hal-01134126⟩