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A Boolean approach to climate dynamics
Author(s) -
Nicolis C.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
quarterly journal of the royal meteorological society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.744
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1477-870X
pISSN - 0035-9009
DOI - 10.1002/qj.49710845713
Subject(s) - formalism (music) , simple (philosophy) , computer science , jump , complex system , theoretical computer science , mathematics , epistemology , artificial intelligence , physics , art , musical , philosophy , quantum mechanics , visual arts
One of the main characteristics of the climatic system is the existence of numerous feedback and jump phenomena. It is suggested that a discontinuous formulation based on Boolean logic can be fruitfully used to analyse this behaviour. The approach is first applied to simple examples, and the logical predictions are compared with the results of the more familiar continuous formalism. The qualitative insights that such an analysis can add are then illustrated on more complex situations.