Transitions between metastable states in a simplified model for the thermohaline circulation under random fluctuations

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Abstract: In this work, we study the impact of non-Gaussian alpha-stable Levy motion on transitions between metastable equilibrium states (or attractors) in a stochastic Stommel two-box model for thermohaline circulation (THC). By maximizing the probability density of the solution process associated with a nonlocal Fokker-Planck equation, we compute maximal likely pathways and identify corresponding maximal likely stable equilibrium states. Our numerical results indicate weakened THC may be induced by perturbation with very small noise intensity in a certain range of stability index. Moreover, larger noise intensity and larger stability index induce weakened THC within shorter bifurcation time.





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