Title: Dynamics of Climate and Ecosystem Coupling: Abrupt Changes and Multiple Equilibria.
Authors: Higgins, P. A. T., M. D. Mastrandrea, and S. H. Schneider.
Citation: Higgins, P. A. T., M. D. Mastrandrea, and S. H. Schneider. 2002. Dynamics of Climate and Ecosystem Coupling: Abrupt Changes and Multiple Equilibria. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series B-Biological Sciences 357: 647-55.
Keywords: Climate-biosphere coupling, atmosphere, ocean, biosphere, cryosphere, thermohaline circulation, climate, atmospheric circulation, Sahel, West Africa, climate-vegetation system, nonlinear, abrupt, irreversible, hysteresis, west African monsoons