Temperature Variance Portends and Indicates the Extent of Abrupt Climate Shifts

Authors

Christine Ramadhin, CUNY Queens College
Chuixiang Yi, CUNY Queens CollegeFollow
George Hendrey, CUNY Queens CollegeFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2021

Abstract

Here, we show a discernable increase in temperature variance before a glacial termination by both the Ansari-Bradley test and the moving variance methods plus introduce the idea that there is a correlation between the peak variance and peak temperature increase. The behavior of temperature variance shows potential as a useful tool in analyzing time series data of Earth systems to assess the risk and extent of an upcoming abrupt climate transition.

Comments

This is the accepted manuscript of an article published in IOP SciNotes in 2021.

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