%0 Journal Article %1 Peters2001Complexity %A Peters, Ole %A Hertlein, Christopher %A Christensen, Kim %D 2001 %I American Physical Society %J Physical Review Letters %K avalanches, earthquakes, rain, self\_organized\_criticality complexity %N 1 %P 018701+ %R 10.1103/physrevlett.88.018701 %T A Complexity View of Rainfall %U http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.88.018701 %V 88 %X We show that rain events are analogous to a variety of nonequilibrium relaxation processes in Nature such as earthquakes and avalanches. Analysis of high-resolution rain data reveals that power laws describe the number of rain events versus size and number of droughts versus duration. In addition, the accumulated water column displays scale-less fluctuations. These statistical properties are the fingerprints of a self-organized critical process and may serve as a benchmark for models of precipitation and atmospheric processes.

@article{Peters2001Complexity, abstract = {{We show that rain events are analogous to a variety of nonequilibrium relaxation processes in Nature such as earthquakes and avalanches. Analysis of high-resolution rain data reveals that power laws describe the number of rain events versus size and number of droughts versus duration. In addition, the accumulated water column displays scale-less fluctuations. These statistical properties are the fingerprints of a self-organized critical process and may serve as a benchmark for models of precipitation and atmospheric processes.}}, added-at = {2019-06-10T14:53:09.000+0200}, author = {Peters, Ole and Hertlein, Christopher and Christensen, Kim}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/20e4e835b7e245ba0b3665745d16cfdba/nonancourt}, citeulike-article-id = {5789327}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.88.018701}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v88/i1/e018701}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://link.aps.org/pdf/PRL/v88/i1/e018701}, doi = {10.1103/physrevlett.88.018701}, interhash = {606880a64c76f58ba86f1c6b0c6e075b}, intrahash = {0e4e835b7e245ba0b3665745d16cfdba}, journal = {Physical Review Letters}, keywords = {avalanches, earthquakes, rain, self\_organized\_criticality complexity}, month = dec, number = 1, pages = {018701+}, posted-at = {2011-10-24 10:18:55}, priority = {2}, publisher = {American Physical Society}, timestamp = {2019-07-31T12:53:18.000+0200}, title = {{A Complexity View of Rainfall}}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.88.018701}, volume = 88, year = 2001 }