Equation 5 · Part 1 · Comparing the Main Approaches to Earth Systems and Climate Dynamics
Symbol E
What this part means
E is a part of this expression. Its role is fixed by the surrounding article and by the operations shown in the formula.
Its job in the formula
E is a part of this expression. Its role is fixed by the surrounding article and by the operations shown in the formula.
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The passage around this formula
…as layers compress and diffuse; a single ice sample can represent an averaged interval of years to centuries depending on accumulation rate and depth, a resolution loss with no instrumental equivalent. It cannot measure E(t) or the ocean and land flux terms directly at all; those are inferred from the shape of the concentration curve itself combined with independent proxies for ocean circulation and terrestrial productivity, compounding uncertainty rather than resolving it directly.
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A function assigns an output to each allowed input. The expression f(x) means “apply f to x”.
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