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DOI | 10.1029/2019WR024940 |
Debates-Does Information Theory Provide a New Paradigm for Earth Science? Causality, Interaction, and Feedback | |
Goodwell, Allison E.1; Jiang, Peishi2; Ruddell, Benjamin L.3; Kumar, Praveen2,4 | |
2020-02-01 | |
发表期刊 | WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH |
ISSN | 0043-1397 |
EISSN | 1944-7973 |
出版年 | 2020 |
卷号 | 56期号:2 |
文章类型 | Editorial Material |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | USA |
英文摘要 | The concept of causal interactions between components is an integral part of hydrology and Earth system sciences. Modelers, decision makers, scientists, and other water resources stakeholders all utilize some notion of cause-and-effect to understand processes, make decisions, and infer how systems react to change. However, there are different perspectives on the meaning of causality in complex systems and, further, different frameworks and methodologies with which to detect causal interactions. We propose here that information theory (IT) provides a compelling framework for the detection of causality and discuss approaches for several levels of analyses that capture interactions that range from pairwise to multivariate in nature. We illustrate these types of analyses with an example based on weather station time series variables, in which variables may interact pairwise or jointly and on short to long time scales. In general, many unsolved or even unanticipated questions in the hydrologic sciences could benefit from this perspective. |
领域 | 资源环境 |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000535672800035 |
WOS关键词 | DYNAMICAL-SYSTEM COMPONENTS ; RIGOROUS FORMALISM ; WATER ; MODELS |
WOS类目 | Environmental Sciences ; Limnology ; Water Resources |
WOS研究方向 | Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Marine & Freshwater Biology ; Water Resources |
引用统计 | |
文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/280551 |
专题 | 资源环境科学 |
作者单位 | 1.Univ Colorado, Dept Civil Engn, Denver, CO 80202 USA; 2.Univ Illinois, Dept Civil & Environm Engn, Urbana, IL USA; 3.No Arizona Univ, Sch Informat Comp & Cyber Syst, Flagstaff, AZ 86011 USA; 4.Univ Illinois, Dept Atmospher Sci, Urbana, IL USA |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Goodwell, Allison E.,Jiang, Peishi,Ruddell, Benjamin L.,et al. Debates-Does Information Theory Provide a New Paradigm for Earth Science? Causality, Interaction, and Feedback[J]. WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH,2020,56(2). |
APA | Goodwell, Allison E.,Jiang, Peishi,Ruddell, Benjamin L.,&Kumar, Praveen.(2020).Debates-Does Information Theory Provide a New Paradigm for Earth Science? Causality, Interaction, and Feedback.WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH,56(2). |
MLA | Goodwell, Allison E.,et al."Debates-Does Information Theory Provide a New Paradigm for Earth Science? Causality, Interaction, and Feedback".WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH 56.2(2020). |
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