Review article: Scaling, dynamical regimes, and stratification. How long does weather last? How big is a cloud?

<p>Until the 1980s, scaling notions were restricted to self-similar homogeneous special cases. I review developments over the last decades, especially in multifractals and generalized scale invariance (GSI). The former is necessary for characterizing and modelling strongly intermittent scaling...

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Main Author: S. Lovejoy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2023-08-01
Series:Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics
Online Access:https://npg.copernicus.org/articles/30/311/2023/npg-30-311-2023.pdf