Tipping mechanisms in a carbon cycle model

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Main Authors: Slyman, Katherine, Fleurantin, Emmanuel, Jones, Christopher K. R. T.
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author Slyman, Katherine
Fleurantin, Emmanuel
Jones, Christopher K. R. T.
author_facet Slyman, Katherine
Fleurantin, Emmanuel
Jones, Christopher K. R. T.
contents Rate-induced tipping (R-tipping) occurs when a ramp parameter changes rapidly enough to cause the system to tip between co-existing, attracting states, while noise-induced tipping (N-tipping) occurs when there are random transitions between two attractors of the underlying deterministic system. This work investigates R-tipping and N-tipping events in a carbonate system in the upper ocean, in which the key objective is understanding how the system undergoes tipping away from a stable fixed point in a bistable regime. While R-tipping away from the fixed point is straightforward, N-tipping poses challenges due to a periodic orbit forming the basin boundary for the attracting fixed point of the underlying deterministic system. Furthermore, in the case of N-tipping, we are interested in the case where noise is away from the small noise limit, as it is more appropriate for the application. We compute the most probable escape path (MPEP) for our system, resulting in a firm grasp on the least action path in an asymmetric system of higher scale. Our analysis shows that the carbon cycle model is susceptible to both tipping mechanisms when using the standard formulations.
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spellingShingle Tipping mechanisms in a carbon cycle model
Slyman, Katherine
Fleurantin, Emmanuel
Jones, Christopher K. R. T.
Chaotic Dynamics
Dynamical Systems
Rate-induced tipping (R-tipping) occurs when a ramp parameter changes rapidly enough to cause the system to tip between co-existing, attracting states, while noise-induced tipping (N-tipping) occurs when there are random transitions between two attractors of the underlying deterministic system. This work investigates R-tipping and N-tipping events in a carbonate system in the upper ocean, in which the key objective is understanding how the system undergoes tipping away from a stable fixed point in a bistable regime. While R-tipping away from the fixed point is straightforward, N-tipping poses challenges due to a periodic orbit forming the basin boundary for the attracting fixed point of the underlying deterministic system. Furthermore, in the case of N-tipping, we are interested in the case where noise is away from the small noise limit, as it is more appropriate for the application. We compute the most probable escape path (MPEP) for our system, resulting in a firm grasp on the least action path in an asymmetric system of higher scale. Our analysis shows that the carbon cycle model is susceptible to both tipping mechanisms when using the standard formulations.
title Tipping mechanisms in a carbon cycle model
topic Chaotic Dynamics
Dynamical Systems
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.00224