El Nino and the Delayed Action Oscillator

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2006-03-10

arxiv.org/abs/physics/0603083v1

American Journal of Physics 75, 15-24 (2007)

Physics

Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics

13 RevTeX pages, 14 .eps figures included, submitted to the American Journal of Physics

Scientific paper

10.1119/1.2358155

We study the dynamics of the El Nino phenomenon using the mathematical model of delayed-action oscillator (DAO). Topics such as the influence of the annual cycle, global warming, stochastic influences due to weather conditions and even off-equatorial heat-sinks can all be discussed using only modest analytical and numerical resources. Thus the DAO allows for a pedagogical introduction to the science of El Nino and La Nina while at the same time avoiding the need for large-scale computing resources normally associated with much more sophisticated coupled atmosphere-ocean general circulation models. It is an approach which is ideally suited for student projects both at high school and undergraduate level.

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