Energy balance models
Energy balance models are simplified climate models that simulate the Earth's temperature by balancing incoming solar radiation with outgoing terrestrial radiation (Lohmann, 2020).
Sources
Lohmann, Gerrit. “Temperatures from Energy Balance Models: The Effective Heat Capacity Matters.” Earth System Dynamics 11, no. 4 (2020): 1195–1208. https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-11-1195-2020.