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The Mid Pleistocene Transition from a Budyko-Sellers Type Energy Balance Model

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics 2018-06-12 v1 Dynamical Systems

Abstract

A conceptual model of the Plio-Pleistocene glacial cycles is developed based on the Budyko-Sellers type energy balance model. The model is shown to admit a phenomenon like the Mid-Pleistocene transition, capturing the essence of the albedo and the temperature precipitation feedbacks.

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@article{arxiv.1806.03900,
  title  = {The Mid Pleistocene Transition from a Budyko-Sellers Type Energy Balance Model},
  author = {Esther R. Widiasih and Malte Stuecker and Somyi Baek},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1806.03900},
  year   = {2018}
}