Energy balance model (Q548)
Subject, term, tag: Energy balance model
- Energy balance model (EBM)
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Subject, term, tag: Energy balance model |
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IPCC Glossary v1.5
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27 May 2026
An energy balance model is a simplified climate model that is typically used as an emulator of climate to analyse the energy budget of the Earth to compute changes in the climate. In its simplest form, there is no explicit spatial dimension, and the model then provides an estimate of the changes in globally averaged temperature computed from the changes in radiation. This zero-dimensional energy balance model can be extended to a one-dimensional or two-dimensional model if changes to the energy budget with respect to latitude, or both latitude and longitude, are explicitly considered. (English)
IPCC Glossary v1.5
1 reference
27 May 2026