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Evidence is reported that the dynamics involved in the 500 mb geopotential record is associated to deterministic chaos. The fractal dimension of the attractor and the average time beyond which predictions on individual trajectories break down are estimated. The possibility of carrying out predictions beyond this limit on the basis of a statistical approach is discussed.
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Nicolis, C., Keppenne, C.L. (1989). Climate Predictability: A Dynamical View. In: Berger, A., Schneider, S., Duplessy, J.C. (eds) Climate and Geo-Sciences. NATO ASI Series, vol 285. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2446-8_12
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