Articles | Volume 22, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/npg-22-249-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/npg-22-249-2015
Research article
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04 May 2015
Research article |  | 04 May 2015

A novel method for analyzing the process of abrupt climate change

P. C. Yan, G. L. Feng, and W. Hou

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A novel method is created to detect the process of the abrupt change, which has not been mentioned yet in traditional research. By building an ideal time series with a transition process, the results show that the process could be detected clearly. When applied to a climate index, this method detects five processes, and all of them have reappeared via the “start-end states” phase diagram. Additionally, it is detectable that the persist time of the process is related to global warming.