A Review of Lorenz's Models from 1960 to 2008
Original article: https://doi.org/10.1142/S0218127423300240
Summary
This feature review organizes Edward Lorenz's low-order models from 1960 to 2008 into six model families based on their underlying equations and scientific purpose. It traces how the Lorenz 1963 model, generalized Lorenz models, quasi-geostrophic models, shallow-water models, map-based systems, and other idealized systems shaped modern thinking about chaos, attractor coexistence, intransitivity, and finite predictability. The article emphasizes that Lorenz's work does not point to chaos alone: across these models, ordered, oscillatory, chaotic, and coexisting behaviors all appear, motivating a broader view of predictability in atmospheric and climate systems.
