Correlations between climate network and relief data

Autor(es)

Peron, T. K. D. ^[1] ; Comin, C. H. ^[1] ; Amancio, D. R. ^[2] ; Costa, L. da F. ^[1] ; Rodrigues, F. A. ^[2] ; Kurths, J. ^{[3, 4, 5]}

Afiliação do(s) autor(es)

^[1] Univ Sao Paulo, Inst Phys, Sao Carlos, SP - Brazil

^[2] Univ Sao Paulo, Inst Math & Comp Sci, Sao Carlos, SP - Brazil

^[3] Potsdam Inst Climate Impact Res PIK, D-14473 Potsdam - Germany

^[4] Humboldt Univ, Dept Phys, D-12489 Berlin - Germany

^[5] Univ Aberdeen, Inst Complex Syst & Math Biol, Aberdeen AB24 3UE - Scotland

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics; v. 21, n. 6, p. 1127-1132, 2014.
• Citações Web of Science: 7

Resumo

In the last few years, the scientific community has witnessed an ongoing trend of using ideas developed in the study of complex networks to analyze climate dynamics. This powerful combination, usually called climate networks, can be used to uncover non-trivial patterns of weather changes throughout the years. Here we investigate the temperature network of the North American region and show that two network characteristics, namely degree and clustering, have marked differences between the eastern and western regions. We show that such differences are a reflection of the presence of a large network community on the western side of the continent. Moreover, we provide evidence that this large community is a consequence of the peculiar characteristics of the western relief of North America. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 13/06717-4 - Modelagem do conhecimento e comportamento com redes complexas
• Beneficiário: Diego Raphael Amancio
• Linha de fomento: Bolsas no Brasil - Pós-Doutorado
• Processo FAPESP: 11/22639-8 - Estudo da relação estrutura-dinâmica em redes modulares
• Beneficiário: Cesar Henrique Comin
• Linha de fomento: Bolsas no Brasil - Doutorado
• Processo FAPESP: 12/22160-7 - Sincronização de osciladores de Kuramoto em redes complexas
• Beneficiário: Thomas Kaue Dal Maso Peron
• Linha de fomento: Bolsas no Brasil - Doutorado
• Processo FAPESP: 10/19440-2 - Caracterização, análise, simulação e classificação de redes complexas
• Beneficiário: Francisco Aparecido Rodrigues
• Linha de fomento: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Regular