Characterisation of Atlantic meridional overturning hysteresis using Langevin dynamics
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Abstract. Hysteresis diagrams of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC) under freshwater forcing from climate models intermediate complexity are fitted to a simple model based on Langevin equation. A total six parameters sufficient quantitatively describe collapses seen in these simulations. Reversing results asymmetric behaviour that is less well captured and appears require more complicated model. The allows for comparison between display an AMOC collapse. Differences studied here mainly due strength stable response forcing.
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عنوان ژورنال: Earth System Dynamics Discussions
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['2190-4979', '2190-4987']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-12-69-2021