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A delay equation model for the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation

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posted on 2023-05-21, 06:46 authored by Falkena, SKJ, Courtney QuinnCourtney Quinn, Sieber, J, Dijkstra, HA
A new technique to derive delay models from systems of partial differential equations, based on the Mori–Zwanzig (MZ) formalism, is used to derive a delay-difference equation model for the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO). The MZ formalism gives a rewriting of the original system of equations, which contains a memory term. This memory term can be related to a delay term in a resulting delay equation. Here, the technique is applied to an idealized, but spatially extended, model of the AMO. The resulting delay-difference model is of a different type than the delay differential model which has been used to describe the El Niño Southern Oscillation. In addition to this model, which can also be obtained by integration along characteristics, error terms for a smoothing approximation of the model have been derived from the MZ formalism. Our new method of deriving delay models from spatially extended models has a large potential to use delay models to study a range of climate variability phenomena.

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Publication title

Proceedings of the Royal Society A

Volume

477

Issue

2246

Article number

20200659

Number

20200659

ISSN

1364-5021

Department/School

School of Natural Sciences

Publisher

Royal Soc London

Place of publication

6 Carlton House Terrace, London, England, Sw1Y 5Ag

Rights statement

2021 The Author(s) Published by the Royal Society. All rights reserved.

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  • Restricted

Socio-economic Objectives

Climate variability (excl. social impacts); Expanding knowledge in the mathematical sciences

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