Statistics of stochastic entropy for recorded transitions between ENSO states

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author Queirós, Sílvio M. Duarte
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contents We analyse the transitions between established phases of the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) by surveying the daily data of the Southern Oscillation Index from an entropic viewpoint using the framework of stochastic Statistical Physics. We evaluate the variation of entropy produced due to each recorded path of that index during each transition as well as taking only into consideration the beginning and the end of the change between phases and verified both integral fluctuation relations. The statistical results show that these entropy variations have not been extreme entropic events; only the transition between the strong $1999-2000$ La Niña to the moderate $2002-2003$ El Niño is at the edge of being so. With that, the present work opens a long and winding avenue of research over the application of stochastic Statistical Physics to Climate Dynamics.
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spellingShingle Statistics of stochastic entropy for recorded transitions between ENSO states
Queirós, Sílvio M. Duarte
Statistical Mechanics
Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics
Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability
We analyse the transitions between established phases of the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) by surveying the daily data of the Southern Oscillation Index from an entropic viewpoint using the framework of stochastic Statistical Physics. We evaluate the variation of entropy produced due to each recorded path of that index during each transition as well as taking only into consideration the beginning and the end of the change between phases and verified both integral fluctuation relations. The statistical results show that these entropy variations have not been extreme entropic events; only the transition between the strong $1999-2000$ La Niña to the moderate $2002-2003$ El Niño is at the edge of being so. With that, the present work opens a long and winding avenue of research over the application of stochastic Statistical Physics to Climate Dynamics.
title Statistics of stochastic entropy for recorded transitions between ENSO states
topic Statistical Mechanics
Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics
Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.10516