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\begin{description}  \item[Temporal (TCQs):] {the corresponding distribution sampled from a series of consecutive ``points in time'' of a single model trajectory. In this study, annual averages are considered as ``points in time'', thus avoiding complexities involved with the diurnal and seasonal cycles. Note, furthermore, that in a observational setting, rather than a model setting, only TCQs are available to us, as there is only one realisation of the planetary climate that occurs over a given period.}  \item[Ensemble (ECQs):] {the corresponding distribution sampled at a particular ``point in time'', from all members of an IC ensemble (this could conceivably be generalised to include other types of ensembles) at the $n^{\textnormal{th}}$ $n^{\textrm{th}}$  year of the ensemble duration.} \item[Ensemble-temporal (ETCQs):] {the distribution, sampled from all members of an IC ensemble over a series of consecutive points in time (in this case, thus, several years).}  \end{description}