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Dobrovolski, Serguei G.

Stochastic climate theory: models and applications/ Serguei G. Dobrovolski - Germany: Springer, 2000. - xiii, 282 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

1. Climatic System: Data, Processes, Scales, and Deterministic Models --
1.1. Main Components of the Climate System --
1.2. Climate Processes --
1.3. Scales of Climatic Variability --
1.4. Deterministic Climate Models --
1.5. Observational Basis for Stochastic Climate Theory --
2. Theoretical Foundations of the Stochastic Approach to Climate Variability Studies --
2.1. Basic Ideas and Principles of the Stochastic Climate Theory --
2.2. Introduction to the Theory of Random Functions with Emphasis on Climate Variability --
2.3. Estimation of Model Parameters --
2.4. Physical Basis of the Stochastic Climate Theory --
3. Stochastic Models of Recent Climatic Changes --
3.1. Changes in Thick Climatic Subsystems --
3.2. Variabilities of Thin Climatic Subsystems --
3.3. Changes in Local and Discrete Climatic Objects --
4. Stochastic Models for Glacial Cycles --
4.1. Stochastic Analysis of Reconstructed Data on Glacial Cycles --
4.2. Zero-Dimensional Model of Glacial Cycles --
4.3. Two-Dimensional Stochastic Dynamical Model of Glacial Cycles.

ISBN: 354066310X

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Stochastic processes
Climatic changes--Mathematical models

Dewey Class. No.: 551.6 / DOB/S