Dynamics of Multiscale Earth Systems

Description

Today, the earth and life science are increasingly confronted with the puzzling nature of phenomena in an almost boundless network of relations, such as the complexity of phenomema with respect to their variability. Reflecting for instance the assessment of environmental risks from a complex perspective, we quickly discover the desire to deal with representative averages. We are thus nurturing the ideas of permanence which we equate with normality in contrast to disastrous exceptions. The quality of complexity and the continuity of change, however, can be well expressed synonomously by the fundamental multiple-scale character of phenomena. Therefore, we promote an enhanced discussion of the expanding scale concept in order to study geo-complexity. Front Matter....Pages 3-4 Scale Aspects of Geo-Data Sampling....Pages 5-15 Notions of Scale in Geosciences....Pages 17-39 Complexity of Change and the Scale Concept in Earth System Modelling....Pages 41-63 Front Matter....Pages 67-68 Wavelet Analysis of Geoscientific Data....Pages 69-88 Diffusion Methods for Form Generalisation....Pages 89-101 Multi-Scale Aspects in the Management of Geologically Defined Geometries....Pages 103-117 Front Matter....Pages 121-122 Wavelet and Multigrid Methods for Convection-Diffusion Equations....Pages 123-134 Analytical Coupling of Scales — Transport of Water and Solutes in Porous Media....Pages 135-143 Upscaling of Hydrological Models by Means of Parameter Aggregation Technique....Pages 145-165 Parameterisation of Turbulent Transport in the Atmosphere....Pages 167-185 Precipitation Dynamics of Convective Clouds....Pages 186-198 Sediment Transport — from Grains to Partial Differential Equations....Pages 199-213 Water Uptake by Plant Roots — a Multi-Scale Approach....Pages 215-232 Front Matter....Pages 235-236 Fractals — Pretty Pictures or a Key to Understanding Earth Processes?....Pages 237-256 Fractal Variability of Drilling Profiles in the Upper Crystalline Crust....Pages 257-269 Is the Earth’s Surface Critical? The Role of Fluvial Erosion and Landslides....Pages 271-290 Scale Problems in Geometric-Kinematic Modelling of Geological Objects....Pages 291-306 Depositional Systems and Missing Depositional Records....Pages 307-324 Multi-Scale Processes and the Reconstruction of Palaeoclimate....Pages 325-336 A Statistical-Dynamic Analysis of Precipitation Data with High Temporal Resolution....Pages 337-350