Potential analysis reveals changing number of climate states during the last 60 kyr

We develop and apply a new statistical method of potential analysis for detecting the number of states of a geophysical system, from its recorded time series. Estimation of the degree of a polynomial potential allows us to derive the number of potential wells in a system. The method correctly detect...

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Main Authors: V. N. Livina, F. Kwasniok, T. M. Lenton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2010-02-01
Series:Climate of the Past
Online Access:http://www.clim-past.net/6/77/2010/cp-6-77-2010.pdf