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AN: NG51A-0835    [PDF]
TI: Duration Multiscaling in a Simple Model of Atmospheric Convection
AU: * Nordstrom, K M
EM: nordstro@cires.colorado.edu
AF: CIRES, University of Colorado at Boulder, CB 216, Boulder, CO 80309 United States
AU: Gupta, V K
EM: gupta@cires.colorado
AF: CIRES and Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of COlorado at Boulder, CB 216, Boulder, CO 80309 United States
AB: Recently, Nordstrom and Gupta (2003) developed a simple model based on a qualitative representation of the physical processes underlying atmospheric convection in the tropics. This model exhibited a high degree of variability, and its spatial moments displayed multiscaling behavior at a critical point in a parameter corresponding to the Convective Inhibition (CIN). In order to estimate the statistical moments, we subject model output to the duration scaling analysis first performed by Pavlopoulos and Gupta (2002).
DE: 0320 Cloud physics and chemistry
DE: 1854 Precipitation (3354)
DE: 1869 Stochastic processes
DE: 3210 Modeling
DE: 3250 Fractals and multifractals
SC: Nonlinear Geophysics [NG]
MN: 2003 Fall Meeting