A Study of the Cross-Scale Causation and Information Flow in a Stormy Model Mid-Latitude Atmosphere
A fundamental problem regarding the storm⁻jet stream interaction in the extratropical atmosphere is how energy and information are exchanged between scales. While energy transfer has been extensively investigated, the latter has been mostly overlooked, mainly due to a lack of appropriate theory and...
Published in: | Entropy |
---|---|
Main Author: | |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
Published: |
MDPI AG
2019
|
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.3390/e21020149 https://doaj.org/article/041a22dbd79244818c58a55d1eb226e5 |
id |
ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:041a22dbd79244818c58a55d1eb226e5 |
---|---|
record_format |
openpolar |
spelling |
ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:041a22dbd79244818c58a55d1eb226e5 2023-05-15T17:35:38+02:00 A Study of the Cross-Scale Causation and Information Flow in a Stormy Model Mid-Latitude Atmosphere X. San Liang 2019-02-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.3390/e21020149 https://doaj.org/article/041a22dbd79244818c58a55d1eb226e5 EN eng MDPI AG https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/21/2/149 https://doaj.org/toc/1099-4300 1099-4300 doi:10.3390/e21020149 https://doaj.org/article/041a22dbd79244818c58a55d1eb226e5 Entropy, Vol 21, Iss 2, p 149 (2019) causality information flow multiscale interaction self-organization storm atmospheric jet stream weather and climate patterns Science Q Astrophysics QB460-466 Physics QC1-999 article 2019 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.3390/e21020149 2022-12-30T20:09:41Z A fundamental problem regarding the storm⁻jet stream interaction in the extratropical atmosphere is how energy and information are exchanged between scales. While energy transfer has been extensively investigated, the latter has been mostly overlooked, mainly due to a lack of appropriate theory and methodology. Using a recently established rigorous formalism of information flow, this study attempts to examine the problem in the setting of a three-dimensional quasi-geostrophic zonal jet, with storms excited by a set of optimal perturbation modes. We choose for this study a period when the self-sustained oscillation is in quasi-equilibrium, and when the energetics mimick the mid-latitude atmospheric circulation where available potential energy is cascaded downward to smaller scales, and kinetic energy is inversely transferred upward toward larger scales. By inverting a three-dimensional elliptic differential operator, the model is first converted into a low-dimensional dynamical system, where the components correspond to different time scales. The information exchange between the scales is then computed through ensemble prediction. For this particular problem, the resulting cross-scale information flow is mostly from smaller scales to larger scales. That is to say, during this period, this model extratropical atmosphere is dominated by a bottom-up causation, as collective patterns emerge out of independent entities and macroscopic thermodynamic properties evolve from random molecular motions. This study makes a first step toward an important field in understanding the eddy⁻mean flow interaction in weather and climate phenomena such as atmospheric blocking, storm track, North Atlantic Oscillation, to name a few. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic North Atlantic oscillation Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Entropy 21 2 149 |
institution |
Open Polar |
collection |
Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles |
op_collection_id |
ftdoajarticles |
language |
English |
topic |
causality information flow multiscale interaction self-organization storm atmospheric jet stream weather and climate patterns Science Q Astrophysics QB460-466 Physics QC1-999 |
spellingShingle |
causality information flow multiscale interaction self-organization storm atmospheric jet stream weather and climate patterns Science Q Astrophysics QB460-466 Physics QC1-999 X. San Liang A Study of the Cross-Scale Causation and Information Flow in a Stormy Model Mid-Latitude Atmosphere |
topic_facet |
causality information flow multiscale interaction self-organization storm atmospheric jet stream weather and climate patterns Science Q Astrophysics QB460-466 Physics QC1-999 |
description |
A fundamental problem regarding the storm⁻jet stream interaction in the extratropical atmosphere is how energy and information are exchanged between scales. While energy transfer has been extensively investigated, the latter has been mostly overlooked, mainly due to a lack of appropriate theory and methodology. Using a recently established rigorous formalism of information flow, this study attempts to examine the problem in the setting of a three-dimensional quasi-geostrophic zonal jet, with storms excited by a set of optimal perturbation modes. We choose for this study a period when the self-sustained oscillation is in quasi-equilibrium, and when the energetics mimick the mid-latitude atmospheric circulation where available potential energy is cascaded downward to smaller scales, and kinetic energy is inversely transferred upward toward larger scales. By inverting a three-dimensional elliptic differential operator, the model is first converted into a low-dimensional dynamical system, where the components correspond to different time scales. The information exchange between the scales is then computed through ensemble prediction. For this particular problem, the resulting cross-scale information flow is mostly from smaller scales to larger scales. That is to say, during this period, this model extratropical atmosphere is dominated by a bottom-up causation, as collective patterns emerge out of independent entities and macroscopic thermodynamic properties evolve from random molecular motions. This study makes a first step toward an important field in understanding the eddy⁻mean flow interaction in weather and climate phenomena such as atmospheric blocking, storm track, North Atlantic Oscillation, to name a few. |
format |
Article in Journal/Newspaper |
author |
X. San Liang |
author_facet |
X. San Liang |
author_sort |
X. San Liang |
title |
A Study of the Cross-Scale Causation and Information Flow in a Stormy Model Mid-Latitude Atmosphere |
title_short |
A Study of the Cross-Scale Causation and Information Flow in a Stormy Model Mid-Latitude Atmosphere |
title_full |
A Study of the Cross-Scale Causation and Information Flow in a Stormy Model Mid-Latitude Atmosphere |
title_fullStr |
A Study of the Cross-Scale Causation and Information Flow in a Stormy Model Mid-Latitude Atmosphere |
title_full_unstemmed |
A Study of the Cross-Scale Causation and Information Flow in a Stormy Model Mid-Latitude Atmosphere |
title_sort |
study of the cross-scale causation and information flow in a stormy model mid-latitude atmosphere |
publisher |
MDPI AG |
publishDate |
2019 |
url |
https://doi.org/10.3390/e21020149 https://doaj.org/article/041a22dbd79244818c58a55d1eb226e5 |
genre |
North Atlantic North Atlantic oscillation |
genre_facet |
North Atlantic North Atlantic oscillation |
op_source |
Entropy, Vol 21, Iss 2, p 149 (2019) |
op_relation |
https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/21/2/149 https://doaj.org/toc/1099-4300 1099-4300 doi:10.3390/e21020149 https://doaj.org/article/041a22dbd79244818c58a55d1eb226e5 |
op_doi |
https://doi.org/10.3390/e21020149 |
container_title |
Entropy |
container_volume |
21 |
container_issue |
2 |
container_start_page |
149 |
_version_ |
1766134865784209408 |