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DOI | 10.1029/2019WR025270 |
Debates: Does Information Theory Provide a New Paradigm for Earth Science? Emerging Concepts and Pathways of Information Physics | |
Perdigao, Rui A. P.1,2,3,4,5; Ehret, Uwe6; Knuth, Kevin H.7; Wang, Jingfeng8 | |
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 | Austria; Portugal; Germany; USA |
英文摘要 | Entropy and Information are key concepts not only in Information Theory but also in Physics: historically in the fields of Thermodynamics, Statistical and Analytical Mechanics, and, more recently, in the field of Information Physics. In this paper we argue that Information Physics reconciles and generalizes statistical, geometric, and mechanistic views on information. We start by demonstrating how the use and interpretation of Entropy and Information coincide in Information Theory, Statistical Thermodynamics, and Analytical Mechanics, and how this can be taken advantage of when addressing Earth Science problems in general and hydrological problems in particular. In the second part we discuss how Information Physics provides ways to quantify Information and Entropy from fundamental physical principles. This extends their use to cases where the preconditions to calculate Entropy in the classical manner as an aggregate statistical measure are not met. Indeed, these preconditions are rarely met in the Earth Sciences due either to limited observations or the far-from-equilibrium nature of evolving systems. Information Physics therefore offers new opportunities for improving the treatment of Earth Science problems. |
英文关键词 | information physics information theory thermodynamics kinematic geometry entropy complex systems |
领域 | 资源环境 |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000535672800030 |
WOS关键词 | MAXIMUM-ENTROPY PRODUCTION ; PRECIPITATION ESTIMATION ; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS ; NON-GAUSSIANITY ; PRINCIPLE ; THERMODYNAMICS ; PREDICTIONS ; HYDROLOGY ; INFERENCE ; CHAOS |
WOS类目 | Environmental Sciences ; Limnology ; Water Resources |
WOS研究方向 | Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Marine & Freshwater Biology ; Water Resources |
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文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/280535 |
专题 | 资源环境科学 |
作者单位 | 1.Meteocean Interdisciplinary Ctr Complex Syst Sci, Vienna, Austria; 2.Inst Telecomunicacoes, Phys Informat & Quantum Technol Grp, Lisbon, Portugal; 3.Univ Lisbon, Ctr Ecol Evolut & Environm Changes CE3C, Climate Change Impacts Adaptat & Modelling CCIAM, Fac Ciencias, Lisbon, Portugal; 4.Univ Lisbon, Complex Syst Dynam, Lisbon, Portugal; 5.Univ Lisbon, Inst Ciencias Sociais, Lisbon, Portugal; 6.Karlsruhe Inst Technol, Inst Water Resources & River Basin Management, Karlsruhe, Germany; 7.SUNY Albany, Dept Phys, Albany, NY 12222 USA; 8.Georgia Inst Technol, Sch Civil & Environm Engn, Atlanta, GA 30332 USA |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Perdigao, Rui A. P.,Ehret, Uwe,Knuth, Kevin H.,et al. Debates: Does Information Theory Provide a New Paradigm for Earth Science? Emerging Concepts and Pathways of Information Physics[J]. WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH,2020,56(2). |
APA | Perdigao, Rui A. P.,Ehret, Uwe,Knuth, Kevin H.,&Wang, Jingfeng.(2020).Debates: Does Information Theory Provide a New Paradigm for Earth Science? Emerging Concepts and Pathways of Information Physics.WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH,56(2). |
MLA | Perdigao, Rui A. P.,et al."Debates: Does Information Theory Provide a New Paradigm for Earth Science? Emerging Concepts and Pathways of Information Physics".WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH 56.2(2020). |
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