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arxiv: 2602.08022 · v2 · submitted 2026-02-08 · ❄️ cond-mat.stat-mech · nlin.CD· physics.ao-ph· physics.data-an

Linear Response and Optimal Fingerprinting for Nonautonomous Systems

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keywords linear response theoryoptimal fingerprintingnonautonomous systemstime-dependent Markov chainsdiffusion processesclimate change attributionpullback measuresequivariant measure
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Linear response formulas for time-dependent Markov chains and diffusions extend optimal fingerprinting to non-stationary backgrounds.

A machine-rendered reading of the paper's core claim, the machinery that carries it, and where it could break.

The paper derives explicit formulas for linear response in systems whose transition rules change with time, including Markov chains and diffusion processes. This matters because it supplies the mathematical bridge needed to predict how external forcings alter an evolving reference state and to attribute observed shifts back to those forcings. A reader would care if the same tools already used for stationary climate attribution could be applied when the background itself is drifting, as occurs during ongoing global change. The authors demonstrate the formulas on a modified energy-balance model, confirming that response predictions remain accurate even in coarse-grained settings and that the extended fingerprinting method can separate signals from several simultaneous forcings across long time intervals.

Core claim

We provide a link between response theory, pullback measures, and optimal fingerprinting that allows predicting the impact of acting forcings on time-dependent systems and attributing observed anomalies when the reference state is not time-independent. Formulas are derived for linear response theory for time-dependent Markov chains and diffusion processes. Existence, uniqueness, and differentiability of the equivariant measure are established under general perturbations of the transition kernels. These results extend optimal fingerprinting for detection and attribution to time-dependent backgrounds and to the simultaneous treatment of multiple time slices, with numerical verification on a Gh

What carries the argument

The equivariant measure for time-dependent transition kernels, whose differentiability supplies the linear response formulas and connects them to pullback measures.

If this is right

  • Response predictions become available for any system whose background state evolves, not only stationary ones.
  • Optimal fingerprinting can now be solved jointly across many time slices rather than slice by slice.
  • Attribution of observed anomalies to multiple concurrent forcings becomes feasible in non-stationary regimes.
  • Coarse-grained Markov or diffusion models can still deliver accurate response estimates for practical applications.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • The same construction could be tested on real observational records to see whether attribution skill improves when non-stationarity is explicitly included.
  • If the differentiability property holds more broadly, it would open a route to second-order response corrections for stronger forcings.
  • The framework naturally suggests analogous extensions for other nonautonomous complex systems such as ecological networks or financial markets.
  • Numerical experiments with finer spatial resolution or stochastic noise terms would clarify the robustness of the coarse-grained accuracy reported here.

Load-bearing premise

The equivariant measure must exist, remain unique, and stay differentiable under arbitrary perturbations of the transition kernels.

What would settle it

A side-by-side comparison in the energy-balance model where the predicted temperature response to time-varying CO2 differs measurably from direct simulation results would show the formulas do not hold.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2602.08022 by Valerio Lucarini.

Figure 1
Figure 1. Figure 1: a) Ensemble average of simulations performed considering exclusively the sun spots cycle and volcanic eruptions as forcings to the system. b) Logarithm of the probability distribution of the yearly values of TAV E and ∆T for the reference time-dependent system. We have used 10000 ensemble members. The Voronoi tessellation used for constructing the reduced Markov chain is shown. The arrows provide a qualita… view at source ↗
Figure 2
Figure 2. Figure 2: Optimal fingerprinting for detection and attribution of climate change for a nonautonomous reference state. a) Evolution of the annual anomaly of the temperature field for one ensemble member undergoing both the CO2 and aerosols forcing. b) CO2 forcing fingerprint XCO2 . c) Aerosols forcing fingerprint XA. We now perform Nens = 10000 simulations where we include the natural forcing, the CO2 forcing, and th… view at source ↗
Figure 3
Figure 3. Figure 3: Optimal fingerprinting for detection and attribution of climate change for a nonautonomous reference state. a) Average value ± 2 standard deviations computed across the ensemble simulations of the weighting factor the CO2 (βCO2 ) and aerosols (βA) fingerprints. The corresponding temporal modulations of the forcing n(t) (cor CO2) and γ(t) (for aersolos) are shown in the insets. b) Scatter plot of the β fact… view at source ↗
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We provide a link between response theory, pullback measures, and optimal fingerprinting method that paves the way for a) predicting the impact of acting forcings on time-dependent systems and b) attributing observed anomalies to acting forcings when the reference state is not time-independent. We derive formulas for linear response theory for time-dependent Markov chains and diffusion processes. We discuss existence, uniqueness, and differentiability of the equivariant measure under general (not necessarily slow or periodic) perturbations of the transition kernels. Our results allow for extending the theory of optimal fingerprinting for detection and attribution of climate change (or change in any complex system) when the background state is time-dependent amd when the optimal solution is sought for multiple time slices at the same time. We provide numerical support for the findings by applying our theory to a modified version of the Ghil-Sellers energy balance model. We verify the precision of response theory - even in a coarse-grained setting - in predicting the impact of increasing CO$_2$ concentration on the temperature field. Additionally, we show that the optimal fingerprinting method developed here is capable to attribute the climate change signal to multiple acting forcings across a vast time horizon.

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Referee Report

2 major / 2 minor

Summary. The paper derives linear response formulas for nonautonomous Markov chains and diffusion processes via pullback/equivariant measures, establishes existence/uniqueness/differentiability of these measures under general (not necessarily slow or periodic) perturbations of the transition kernels, and extends optimal fingerprinting to time-dependent background states for simultaneous multi-slice detection and attribution. Numerical tests on a modified Ghil-Sellers energy-balance model are used to verify predictive accuracy for CO2 forcing and attribution to multiple forcings over long time horizons.

Significance. If the central derivations are rigorous and the required hypotheses on the kernels are made explicit, the work would meaningfully extend linear response and optimal fingerprinting from autonomous to nonautonomous settings, directly addressing a practical limitation in climate detection/attribution when the reference climate is itself evolving. The numerical validation on a coarse-grained climate model is a positive indicator of practical utility.

major comments (2)
  1. [Abstract / theoretical section on pullback measures] Abstract and theoretical development of equivariant measures: the claim that differentiability of the equivariant measure μ_t holds for 'general' (arbitrary) perturbations of the transition kernels P_t is stated without the necessary hypotheses (uniform-in-time spectral gap, uniform ergodicity, or C^1 regularity in both space and time). These conditions are load-bearing; if they fail at even one instant the derivative dμ_t/dε ceases to exist in the required sense and the subsequent optimal-fingerprinting formulas collapse. Explicit statement of the minimal assumptions (or a counter-example showing when they can be relaxed) is required.
  2. [Optimal fingerprinting extension] Extension to optimal fingerprinting: the multi-time-slice formulation is presented as a direct consequence of the linear-response formulas, yet the paper does not demonstrate that the resulting optimization problem remains well-posed (unique solution, stable inversion) once the time-dependent background measure is substituted. A concrete derivation or numerical check of the Hessian or conditioning of the fingerprinting operator under time-dependent μ_t is needed.
minor comments (2)
  1. [Abstract] Abstract contains a typographical error: 'amd' should read 'and'.
  2. [Throughout theoretical sections] Notation for the time-dependent kernels and measures should be introduced once and used consistently; occasional switches between P_t, K_t, μ_t and pullback notation make the derivations harder to follow.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for the constructive comments, which highlight important points for improving the rigor and clarity of the presentation. We address each major comment below and will revise the manuscript accordingly.

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  1. Referee: [Abstract / theoretical section on pullback measures] Abstract and theoretical development of equivariant measures: the claim that differentiability of the equivariant measure μ_t holds for 'general' (arbitrary) perturbations of the transition kernels P_t is stated without the necessary hypotheses (uniform-in-time spectral gap, uniform ergodicity, or C^1 regularity in both space and time). These conditions are load-bearing; if they fail at even one instant the derivative dμ_t/dε ceases to exist in the required sense and the subsequent optimal-fingerprinting formulas collapse. Explicit statement of the minimal assumptions (or a counter-example showing when they can be relaxed) is required.

    Authors: We agree that the hypotheses underlying the differentiability of the equivariant measure must be stated explicitly. Our derivations rely on the existence of a uniform-in-time spectral gap for the family of transition kernels together with appropriate regularity (C^1 in space and time) to guarantee the required differentiability. In the revised manuscript we will add a dedicated paragraph (or subsection) that lists these minimal assumptions at the outset of the theoretical development, referencing standard results on nonautonomous Markov processes. We will also note that the results do not hold without such conditions and briefly indicate why they are necessary. revision: yes

  2. Referee: [Optimal fingerprinting extension] Extension to optimal fingerprinting: the multi-time-slice formulation is presented as a direct consequence of the linear-response formulas, yet the paper does not demonstrate that the resulting optimization problem remains well-posed (unique solution, stable inversion) once the time-dependent background measure is substituted. A concrete derivation or numerical check of the Hessian or conditioning of the fingerprinting operator under time-dependent μ_t is needed.

    Authors: We acknowledge the need to verify well-posedness of the multi-time-slice optimization under a time-dependent background. In the revision we will insert a short derivation showing that the Hessian of the fingerprinting objective remains positive definite when the background is replaced by the equivariant measure μ_t, using the linear-response representation of the response operator. We will also augment the numerical section with explicit condition-number diagnostics for the fingerprinting matrices computed on the Ghil-Sellers model across the multi-decadal time windows already considered, thereby confirming numerical stability of the inversion. revision: yes

Circularity Check

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Derivations for linear response in nonautonomous systems are self-contained first-principles extensions

full rationale

The paper derives linear response formulas for time-dependent Markov chains and diffusions by extending standard response theory to pullback/equivariant measures, with explicit discussion of existence, uniqueness, and differentiability under general kernel perturbations. These steps are presented as mathematical constructions independent of the target fingerprinting application. Numerical verification on the modified Ghil-Sellers model provides an external check that does not reduce to any internal fit or self-citation chain. No load-bearing step equates a claimed prediction to a fitted parameter or prior self-citation by construction; the central claims remain independently verifiable.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

0 free parameters · 1 axioms · 0 invented entities

The central claims rest on the mathematical properties of equivariant measures for nonautonomous systems; no free parameters or invented entities are introduced in the abstract.

axioms (1)
  • domain assumption Existence, uniqueness, and differentiability of the equivariant measure under general perturbations of the transition kernels
    Invoked to guarantee the linear response formulas and the extension of fingerprinting to time-dependent cases.

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