A statistical physics and dynamical systems perspective on geophysical extreme events
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| author | Faranda, Davide Messori, Gabriele Alberti, Tommaso Alvarez-Castro, Carmen Caby, Théophile Cavicchia, Leone Coppola, Erika Donner, Reik Dubrulle, Bérengère Galfi, Vera Melinda Lembo, Valerio Noyelle, Robin Spagnolo, Bernardo Vaienti, Sandro Valenti, Davide Yiou, Pascal Wormell, Caroline |
| author_facet | Faranda, Davide Messori, Gabriele Alberti, Tommaso Alvarez-Castro, Carmen Caby, Théophile Cavicchia, Leone Coppola, Erika Donner, Reik Dubrulle, Bérengère Galfi, Vera Melinda Lembo, Valerio Noyelle, Robin Spagnolo, Bernardo Vaienti, Sandro Valenti, Davide Yiou, Pascal Wormell, Caroline |
| contents | Statistical physics and dynamical systems theory are key tools to study high-impact geophysical events such as temperature extremes, cyclones, thunderstorms, geomagnetic storms and many more. Despite the intrinsic differences between these events, they all originate as temporary deviations from the typical trajectories of a geophysical system, resulting in well-organised, coherent structures at characteristic spatial and temporal scales. While statistical extreme value analysis techniques are capable to provide return times and probabilities of occurrence of certain geophysical events, they are not apt to account for their underlying physics. Their focus is to compute the probability of occurrence of events that are large or small with respect to some specific observable (e.g. temperature, precipitation, solar wind), rather than to relate rare or extreme phenomena to the underlying anomalous geophysical regimes. This paper outlines this knowledge gap, presenting some related challenges, new formalisms and briefly commenting on how stochastic approaches tailored to the study of extreme geophysical events can help to advance their understanding. |
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| spellingShingle | A statistical physics and dynamical systems perspective on geophysical extreme events Faranda, Davide Messori, Gabriele Alberti, Tommaso Alvarez-Castro, Carmen Caby, Théophile Cavicchia, Leone Coppola, Erika Donner, Reik Dubrulle, Bérengère Galfi, Vera Melinda Lembo, Valerio Noyelle, Robin Spagnolo, Bernardo Vaienti, Sandro Valenti, Davide Yiou, Pascal Wormell, Caroline Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics Dynamical Systems Chaotic Dynamics Statistical physics and dynamical systems theory are key tools to study high-impact geophysical events such as temperature extremes, cyclones, thunderstorms, geomagnetic storms and many more. Despite the intrinsic differences between these events, they all originate as temporary deviations from the typical trajectories of a geophysical system, resulting in well-organised, coherent structures at characteristic spatial and temporal scales. While statistical extreme value analysis techniques are capable to provide return times and probabilities of occurrence of certain geophysical events, they are not apt to account for their underlying physics. Their focus is to compute the probability of occurrence of events that are large or small with respect to some specific observable (e.g. temperature, precipitation, solar wind), rather than to relate rare or extreme phenomena to the underlying anomalous geophysical regimes. This paper outlines this knowledge gap, presenting some related challenges, new formalisms and briefly commenting on how stochastic approaches tailored to the study of extreme geophysical events can help to advance their understanding. |
| title | A statistical physics and dynamical systems perspective on geophysical extreme events |
| topic | Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics Dynamical Systems Chaotic Dynamics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.15393 |