Nonautonomous Dynamics in the Climate Sciences

Considerable advances have been made in the last two decades in applying novel concepts and methods of the theory of nonautonomous dynamical systems, both deterministic and stochastic, to the climate system and to several of its components. The goal of this Focus Issue is to review recent progress and stimulate further work on the applications of nonautonomous dynamics to the climate sciences in the broadest sense. The breadth here is understood in terms of both the methods being used and the applications being made. The methods considered will include both analytical and numerical ones for deterministic or stochastic models, while the applications considered will include atmospheric, oceanic, and coupled models, as well as global and regional ones.

Guest Editors: Dan Crisan, Stefano Galatolo, Michael Ghil, Stefano Pierini, Denisse Sciamarella, and Tamàs Tèl