Nonlinear Sciences – Chaotic Dynamics
Scientific paper
1998-12-16
Tellus 53A, no. 5, 616-627
Nonlinear Sciences
Chaotic Dynamics
20 pages, 15 figures, uses AmsTex, Amssymb and epsfig package. Submitted to the Journal of Nonlinear Science
Scientific paper
A system of five ordinary differential equations is studied which combines the Lorenz-84 model for the atmosphere and a box model for the ocean. The behaviour of this system is studied as a function of the coupling parameters. For most parameter values, the dynamics of the atmosphere model is dominant. For a range of parameter values, competing attractors exist. The Kaplan-Yorke dimension and the correlation dimension of the chaotic attractor are numerically calculated and compared to the values found in the uncoupled Lorenz model. In the transition from periodic behaviour to chaos intermittency is observed. The intermittent behaviour occurs near a Neimark-Sacker bifurcation at which a periodic solution loses its stability. The length of the periodic intervals is governed by the time scale of the ocean component. Thus, in this regime the ocean model has a considerable influence on the dynamics of the coupled system.
Opsteegh T.
Veen Lennaert van
Verhulst Ferdinand
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