TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ridolfi,Luca
AU  - D'Odorico,Paolo
AU  - Laio,Francesco
TI  - Noise-induced phenomena in the environmental sciences
SN  - 9780511984730 (ebook)
AV  - QC809.M37 R53 2011
U1  - 550 22
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Geophysical prediction
KW  - Mathematics
KW  - Random noise theory
KW  - Environmental sciences
N1  - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015); Introduction --; Noise-driven dynamical systems --; Noise-induced phenomena in zero-dimensional systems --; Noise-induced phenomena in environmental systems --; Noise-induced pattern formation --; Noise-induced patterns in environmental systems
N2  - Randomness is ubiquitous in nature. Random drivers are generally considered a source of disorder in environmental systems. However, the interaction between noise and nonlinear dynamics may lead to the emergence of a number of ordered behaviors (in time and space) that would not exist in the absence of noise. This counterintuitive effect of randomness may play a crucial role in environmental processes. For example, seemingly 'random' background events in the atmosphere can grow into larger instabilities that have great effects on weather patterns. This book presents the basics of the theory of stochastic calculus and its application to the study of noise-induced phenomena in environmental systems. It will be an invaluable reference text for ecologists, geoscientists and environmental engineers interested in the study of stochastic environmental dynamics
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511984730
ER  -