Solar variability and stochastic effects on climate
β Scribed by C. Nicolis
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1981
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 285 KB
- Volume
- 74
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0038-0938
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β¦ Synopsis
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 switch between different states with a high probability. The connection with glaciation cycles is pointed out.
* Proceedings of the 14th ESLAB Symposium on Physics of Solar Variations, 16-
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