Reducing stochasticity in the North Altantic Oscillation index with coupled Langevin equations
We present a critical investigation of the functional relationship between the two pressure time series routinely used to define the index characterizing the North Atlantic Oscillation NAO , well known to regulate global climate variability and change. First, by a standard Markov analysis we show th...
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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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2005
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10183/101619 |
Summary: | We present a critical investigation of the functional relationship between the two pressure time series routinely used to define the index characterizing the North Atlantic Oscillation NAO , well known to regulate global climate variability and change. First, by a standard Markov analysis we show that the standard NAO index based on the pressure difference is not optimal in the sense of producing sufficiently reliable forecasts because it contains a dominating stochastic term in the corresponding Langevin equation. Then, we introduce a variationally optimized Markov analysis involving two coupled Langevin equations tailored to produce a NAO quasi-index having the desired minimum possible stochasticity. The variationally optimized Markov analysis is very general and can be applied in other physical situations involving two or more time series. |
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