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A plausible model for the synchroneity or the phase shift between climatic transitions
Author(s) -
Nicolis C.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/gl011i006p00587
Subject(s) - climatology , climate model , coupling (piping) , climate change , phase (matter) , geology , sea surface temperature , environmental science , atmospheric sciences , physics , oceanography , materials science , quantum mechanics , metallurgy
A class of climate models describing the dynamics of the sea ice‐ocean surface temperature interactions is considered. The coupling mechanism between different spatial regions is analyzed, and the possibility of inhomogeneous phase shifted states is established. It is concluded that many major climatic transitions should occur in an asynchronous fashion. A new examination of the climatic record seems therefore to be necessary, in the light of this possibility.