Gabriel Katul, Karen Wesson, and Brani Vidakovic Quantifying Organization in Time Series: Applications in Atmospheric Turbulence Gabriel Katul, Karen Wesson, and Brani Vidakovic
Surface Layer and Canopy Turbulence Canopy Sublayer Surface Layer
Surface Layer and Canopy Sublayer Blending Region 2h Canopy Sublayer h
Degree of Organization
Degree of Organization THE FLOW FIELD IS A SUPERPOSITION OF THREE CANONICAL STRUCTURES Mixing Layer d Displaced wall Real wall REGION I REGION II REGION III Boundary Layer
Techniques:
Shannon Entropy:
Wavelet Thresholding: Wavelets disbalance geophysical data because they concentrate most of the energy in few coefficients. The process of setting the amplitude of wavelet coefficients to zero when a certain threshold is exceeded is known as thresholding. The number of coefficients remaining after thresholding measures degree of organization associated with energetic events
Threshold Criterion: Frequency or Fourier Domain Wavelet Domain Time
Thresholding and Variance Recovery
Threshold Selection
Wavelet Papers - since 1990 (from Addison, 2002)
Time-Frequency local transform
Can reduce the effects of gaps on transformation
Forward Transform: Time to Wavelet Inverse Transform: Wavelet to time
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Canopy Sublayer Experiments
Shannon Entropy Results:
Wavelet Thresholding Results
Mutual Information Results
Conclusions: Tools from nonlinear time series permit identification of organization using “scalar measures”. In this case study, we showed that the CSL eddy motion is more organized than the ASL eddy motion. That is, it is more amenable to a low-dimensional model. For some systems, complexity, entropy, organization, and predictability are connected.