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2018 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

Insights in Climate Dynamics from Climate Networks

Author : Anastasios A. Tsonis

Published in: Advances in Nonlinear Geosciences

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

This review is a synthesis of work spanning the last 25 years. It is largely based on the use of climate networks to identify climate subsystems/major modes and to subsequently study how their collective behavior explains decadal variability. The central point is that a network of coupled nonlinear subsystems may at times begin to synchronize. If during synchronization the coupling between the subsystems increases the synchronous state may, at some coupling strength threshold, be destroyed shifting climate to a new regime. This climate shift manifests itself as a change in global temperature trend. This mechanism, which is consistent with the theory of synchronized chaos, appears to be a very robust mechanism of the climate system. It is found in the instrumental records, in forced and unforced climate simulations, as well as in proxy records spanning several centuries.

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In (Elsner 2007) it is shown that global temperature Granger causes (leads) North Atlantic SST. It may be that the discrepancy between these two studies lies in the bi-directionality between the two variables, which is often the case in Granger causes.
 
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Metadata
Title
Insights in Climate Dynamics from Climate Networks
Author
Anastasios A. Tsonis
Copyright Year
2018
Book
Advances in Nonlinear Geosciences

Print ISBN: 978-3-319-58894-0

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-58895-7

Copyright Year: 2018

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-58895-7_29