Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics
Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics
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Articles | Volume 29, issue 2
Articles | Volume 29, issue 2
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11 May 2022
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Lévy noise versus Gaussian-noise-induced transitions in the Ghil–Sellers energy balance model

Valerio Lucarini, Larissa Serdukova, and Georgios Margazoglou

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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.
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