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Abstract
The main role in the current climate change is played by anthropogenic forcings, primarily anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases and aerosols. On the global scale, the response of the Earth system to these forcings is close to linear. In particular, it depends mostly on the magnitude of such forcings and only weakly on their nature and spatial localization. However, even with relatively small (in absolute value) external forcings, the response of the characteristics of the Earth system can be essentially nonlinear with the manifestation of tipping points, upon transition through which the behavior of the Earth’s climate changes qualitatively. Examples are given for linear and nonlinear mechanisms of the climate response to external forcings.
期刊介绍:
Radiophysics and Quantum Electronics contains the most recent and best Russian research on topics such as:
Radio astronomy;
Plasma astrophysics;
Ionospheric, atmospheric and oceanic physics;
Radiowave propagation;
Quantum radiophysics;
Pphysics of oscillations and waves;
Physics of plasmas;
Statistical radiophysics;
Electrodynamics;
Vacuum and plasma electronics;
Acoustics;
Solid-state electronics.
Radiophysics and Quantum Electronics is a translation of the Russian journal Izvestiya VUZ. Radiofizika, published by the Radiophysical Research Institute and N.I. Lobachevsky State University at Nizhnii Novgorod, Russia. The Russian volume-year is published in English beginning in April.
All articles are peer-reviewed.