The effect of fluctuations on a simple energy balance model is examined. A new, long characteristic time scale referring to the passage between different stable climatic states is identified. It is shown that a weak external forcing whose period is comparable to this scale enables the system to swit
Solar variability and climate
β Scribed by Sabatino Sofia; Peter Fox
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 652 KB
- Volume
- 27
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0165-0009
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