Homoclinic bifurcation in an ocean circulation box model

International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos in Applied Sciences and Engineering

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 869-875

  Titz, Sven ^a   Kuhlbrodt, Till ^b   Feudel, Ulrike ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Box model; Homoclinic bifurcation; Ocean circulation; Thermohaline circulation

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); MARINE APPLICATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES;

HOMOCLINIC BIFURCATION; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS);

EID: 0036015451     PISSN: 02181274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218127402004759     Document Type: Article

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