Nonlinear Dynamics in Geosciences [Hardcover]

This work comprises the proceedings of a conference held last year in Rhodes, Greece, to assess developments during the last 20 years in the field of nonlinear dynamics in geosciences. The volume has its own authority as part of the Aegean Conferences cycle, but it also brings together the most up-to-date research from the atmospheric sciences, hydrology, geology, and other areas of geosciences, and discusses the advances made and the future directions of nonlinear dynamics.

Nonlinear Dynamics in Geosciences is comprised of the proceedings of 20 Years of Nonlinear Dynamics in Geosciences , held June 11-16, 2006 in Rhodes, Greece as part of the Aegean Conferences. The volume brings together the most up-to-date research from the atmospheric sciences, hydrology, geology, and other areas of geosciences, and discusses the advances made in the last two decades and the future directions of nonlinear dynamics. Topics covered include predictability, ensemble prediction, nonlinear prediction, nonlinear time series analysis, low-dimensional chaos, nonlinear modeling, fractals and multifractals, bifurcation, complex networks, self-organized criticality, extreme events, and other aspects of nonlinear science.

About the Editors:

Dr. Anastasios Tsonis is Professor in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, WI, USA. Dr. James Elsner is Professor in the Department of Geography at Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA.

Preface.- Introducing Networks in Climate Studies.- Two Paradigms in Landscape Dynamics: Self-Similar Processes and Emergence.- Effects of Systematic and Random Errors on the Spatial Scaling Properties in Radar-Estimated Rainfall.- Nonlinear Dynamics in the Earths Magnetosphere.- Microseism Activity andl›