Physics – Geophysics
Scientific paper
Jan 1998
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1998georl..25..175s&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 25, Issue 2, p. 175-178
Physics
Geophysics
7
Mathematical Geophysics: Modeling, Mathematical Geophysics: Nonlinear Dynamics, Oceanography: Physical: El Nino, Oceanography: General: Climate And Interannual Variability
Scientific paper
An alternative approach for explaining aperiodicity and chaos in the El-Niño-Southern-Oscillation (ENSO) is proposed, which considers the ocean's equatorial wave dynamics as part of a nonlinear dynamical system driven by random environmental fluctuations. Noise excitation causes the model to jump chaotically between different interacting oscillations generated by the system's implied ``Pacific ocean-atmosphere'' cycle and the seasonal cycle. The injection of noise induces chaotic dynamics, triggering an El Niño whenever the model's thermocline depth exceeds a threshold level. A ``stochastic resonance'' arises-should noise intensity deviate substantially from optimal, the regular development and coherence of the ENSO cycle is impeded. The model's noise induced chaos provides an attractive explanation for the sporadic yet deterministic character of El Niño events.
Huppert Amit
Price Colin
Saparin Peter I.
Stone Lewi
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