HOMOCLINIC BIFURCATION IN AN OCEAN CIRCULATION BOX MODEL
2002 ◽
Vol 12
(04)
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pp. 869-875
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The qualitative behavior of a conceptual ocean box model is investigated. It is a paradigmatic model of the thermohaline ocean circulation of the Atlantic. In a bifurcation study, the two occurring bifurcations, a saddle-node and a Hopf bifurcation, are computed analytically. Using normal form theory, it is shown that the latter bifurcation is always subcritical. The unstable periodic orbit emerging at the Hopf bifurcation vanishes in a homoclinic bifurcation. The results are interpreted with respect to the stability of the thermohaline circulation.
2013 ◽
Vol 2013
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pp. 1-9
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2015 ◽
Vol 2015
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pp. 1-15
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2005 ◽
Vol 15
(09)
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pp. 2883-2893
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2018 ◽
Vol 19
(6)
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pp. 561-571
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