Dynamical changes of the polar cap potential structure: an information theory approach

• Published in: Nonlinear processes in geophysics Vol. 18; no. 5; pp. 697 - 707
• Main Authors: Coco, I., Consolini, G., Amata, E., Marcucci, M. F., Ambrosino, D.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Gottingen Copernicus GmbH 01.01.2011; Copernicus Publications
• Subjects: Complex systems; Geophysics; Information theory; Ionosphere; Turbulence

Some features, such as vortex structures often observed through a wide spread of spatial scales, suggest that ionospheric convection is turbulent and complex in nature. Here, applying concepts from information theory and complex system physics, we firstly evaluate a pseudo Shannon entropy, H, associ...