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_beng
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050 0 0 _aQC809.M37
_bR53 2011
082 0 0 _a550
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100 1 _aRidolfi, Luca,
_d1963-
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aNoise-induced phenomena in the environmental sciences /
_cLuca Ridolfi, Paolo D'Odorico, Francesco Laio.
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2011.
300 _a1 online resource (xii, 313 pages) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
505 0 0 _gIntroduction --
_tNoise-driven dynamical systems --
_tNoise-induced phenomena in zero-dimensional systems --
_tNoise-induced phenomena in environmental systems --
_tNoise-induced pattern formation --
_tNoise-induced patterns in environmental systems.
520 _aRandomness 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.
650 0 _aGeophysical prediction
_xMathematics.
650 0 _aRandom noise theory.
650 0 _aEnvironmental sciences
_xMathematics.
700 1 _aD'Odorico, Paolo,
_d1969-
_eauthor.
700 1 _aLaio, Francesco,
_d1973-
_eauthor.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9780521198189
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511984730
999 _c522060
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