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Lévy noise versus Gaussian-noise-induced transitions in the Ghil–Sellers energy balance model
Valerio Lucarini
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Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Reading, Reading, UK
Centre for the Mathematics of Planet Earth, University of Reading, Reading, UK
Invited contribution by Valerio Lucarini, recipient of the EGU Lewis Fry Richardson Medal 2020.
Larissa Serdukova
Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Reading, Reading, UK
Centre for the Mathematics of Planet Earth, University of Reading, Reading, UK
Georgios Margazoglou
Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Reading, Reading, UK
Centre for the Mathematics of Planet Earth, University of Reading, Reading, UK
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Short summary
In most of the investigations on metastable systems, the stochastic forcing is modulated by Gaussian noise. Lévy noise laws, which describe jump processes, have recently received a lot of attention, but much less is known. We study stochastic versions of the Ghil–Sellers energy balance model, and we highlight the fundamental difference between how transitions are performed between the competing warm and snowball states, depending on whether Gaussian or Lévy noise acts as forcing.
In most of the investigations on metastable systems, the stochastic forcing is modulated by...
