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Phase transitions driven by state-dependent poisson noise.

Amilcare Porporato1, Paolo D'Odorico

  • 1Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA. amilcare@duke.edu

Physical Review Letters
|April 20, 2004
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Nonlinear systems modeling land-atmosphere interactions reveal how soil moisture influences rainfall, leading to persistent climatic anomalies. These systems exhibit complex dynamics, including pattern formation and state selection, driven by noise and spatial coupling.

Area of Science:

  • Earth System Science
  • Climate Dynamics
  • Nonlinear Systems Analysis

Background:

  • Land-atmosphere interactions are crucial for understanding climate variability.
  • Soil moisture significantly influences rainfall patterns and climatic anomalies.
  • Previous models often simplify the complex dynamics of state-dependent noise.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce and analyze nonlinear systems modeling climatic anomalies driven by state-dependent Poisson noise.
  • To investigate the role of soil-moisture-dependent rainfall frequency in land-atmosphere interactions.
  • To explore the emergence of bimodal probability distributions and state persistence.

Main Methods:

  • Development of nonlinear systems with state-dependent Poisson noise.

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  • Application of mean-field analysis to spatially distributed systems.
  • Conducting numerical simulations to observe system dynamics and pattern formation.

    • Main Results:

    • Identified bimodal probability distributions arising from transient dynamics.
    • Observed state persistence around preferential states due to noise.
    • Revealed a symmetry-breaking bifurcation under strong spatial coupling and intermediate noise.

    Conclusions:

    • Spatially coupled nonlinear systems can exhibit complex behaviors like pattern formation and state selection.
    • Initial conditions play a critical role in selecting stable configurations after bifurcation.
    • The model provides insights into the persistence of climatic anomalies driven by land-atmosphere feedbacks.