EARTH SYSTEM MODELING AND CHAOTIC TIME-SERIES

Earth system in a nonlinear one. In order to simulate Earth system, we must understand the new advance on nonlinear science. This paper discussed some key problem only from nonlinear science point of view. For example, the scale is hierarchical, there are self-similar and scaling laws between different scale phenomena, the geophysical field is inhomogeneous, etc. The newest concepts of nonlinear science such as attractor, fractal, information and entropy are introduced. The necessary information simulated Earth system can be obtained from a single chaotic times series.Geochemistry & GeophysicsSCI(E)4ARTICLE2144-1533