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Figure 10.2
The Earth-System Model of Bretherton (1985): (a) is a general schema
intended to provide the structure for understanding the drivers of change over decadal
to centennial timescales; and (b) is an attempt to provide more detail of the ways the
physical climate system and biogeochemical cycles are made up and interact. It was
apparently familiarly known as 'the wiring diagram' by the team from the ESS Com-
mittee of the NASA Advisory Panel that defi ned it.
