Original Research Papers
Stochastic aspects of climatic transitions–Additive fluctuations
Authors:
- C. NicolisEmail C. Nicolis
- G. Nicolis
Abstract
The Fokker-Planck equation corresponding to a zero-dimensional climatic model showing bistable behavior is analyzed. A climatic potential function is introduced, whose variational properties determine the most probable states of the stationary probability distribution. A study of the time-dependent properties leads to the identification of the characteristic time scales of evolution.
- Year: 1981
- Volume: 33 Issue: 3
- Page/Article: 225-234
- DOI: 10.3402/tellusa.v33i3.10710
- Submitted on 16 Jun 1980
- Accepted on 24 Oct 1980
- Published on 1 Jan 1981
- Peer Reviewed