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Nature 422, 571-573 (10 April 2003) | doi:10.1038/422571a
Mathematics: Regime change in meteorology
Ian Stewart
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Abstract
Sudden transitions between large-scale atmospheric circulation patterns — kinds of 'punctuated equilibria' — have a deterministic component that can be exploited to identify preferred dynamic cycles.
Weather is notoriously unpredictable. But there are many kinds of prediction, and it is possible to make scientific predictions about weather without predicting the weather.
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