A simple conceptual model of abrupt glacial climate events

Here we use a very simple conceptual model in an attempt to reduce essential parts of the complex nonlinearity of abrupt glacial climate changes (the so-called Dansgaard-Oeschger events) to a few simple principles, namely (i) the existence of two different climate states, (ii) a threshold process an...

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Main Authors: H. Braun, A. Ganopolski, M. Christl, D. R. Chialvo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2007-11-01
Series:Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics
Online Access:http://www.nonlin-processes-geophys.net/14/709/2007/npg-14-709-2007.pdf