Analysis and Research on Chaotic Dynamics of Evaporation Duct Height Time Series with Multiple Time Scales
Open Access
- 9 December 2022
- journal article
- research article
- Published by MDPI AG in Atmosphere
- Vol. 13 (12), 2072
- https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos13122072
Abstract
The evaporation duct is a particular type of atmospheric structure that always appears on the open ocean. Predicting the evaporation duct height (EDH) accurately and in a timely manner is of great significance for the practical application of marine wireless communication equipment. Understanding the characteristics of EDH time series is an essential prerequisite for establishing an appropriate prediction model. Moreover, the sampling timescales of EDH data may influence the dynamic characteristics of the EDH time series as well. In this study, EDH time series datasets at three timescales, hourly, daily, and monthly, were constructed as the case study. Statistical methods, namely the augmented Dickey–Fuller test and Ljung–Box test, were adopted to verify the stationary and white noise characteristics of the EDH time series. Then, rescaled range analysis was applied to calculate the Hurst exponent to study the fractal characteristics of the EDH time series. An extensive analysis and discussion of the chaotic dynamics of the EDH time series are provided. From the perspective of nonlinear dynamics, the phase space was constructed from the time delay and embedding dimension m, which were calculated from the mutual information method and the Grassberger–Procaccia algorithm, respectively. The maximum Lyapunov exponent was also calculated by the small data volume method to explore the existence of chaos in the EDH time series. According to our analysis, the EDH time series are stationary and have a non-white noise characteristic. The Hurst exponents for all three timescales were greater than 0.5, indicating the predictability of the EDH time series. The phase space diagrams exhibited strange attractors in a well-defined region for all the timescales, suggesting that the evolution of the EDH time series can possibly be explained by deterministic chaos. All of the maximum Lyapunov exponents were positive, confirming the chaos in the EDH time series. Further, stronger chaotic characteristics were found for the finer-resolution time series than the coarser-resolution time series. This study provides a new perspective for scholars to understand the fluctuation principles of the evaporation duct at different timescales. The findings from this study also lay a theoretical and scientific foundation for the future application of chaotic prediction methods in the research on the evaporation duct.
Funding Information
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (41906167)
- Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (SML2020SP007)
- Startup Foundation for Introducing Talent of Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology
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