Wednesday, March 24

MS8
Scaling, Multifractals, and Nonlinear Variability in Geophysics

4:30 PM-7:00 PM
Room: Ballroom C

In our turbulent atmosphere and the earth's complex surface topography and highly variable interior, fractal structures and multifractal statistics are ubiquitous. In this minisymposium, the speakers will survey recent empirical studies, discuss the connections with the underlying (scale- invariant) nonlinear dynamical processes, and describe the corresponding (space-time) multifractal simulations including the (radiative, diffusive) transport properties of multifractals.

Organizers: Shaun Lovejoy
McGill University, Montréal, Canada
Daniel Schertzer
Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France

4:30-4:55 Space-Time Multifractals and Wide Range Multiscaling in Geophysics
Daniel Schertzer and Shaun Lovejoy, Organizers
5:00-5:25 Multifractals in Geophysical Turbulence: Data Analysis and Simulation
Francois Schmitt, Institut Royal Meteorologique, Bruxelles, Belgium
5:30-5:55 Scaling and Multifractals in Rheology and Morphology of Lava Flows
Helene Gaonac'h, GEOTOP, Université du Québec á Montréal, Canada
New 6:00-6:25 Multifractals and Transport in Porous Media
Fred J. Molz and Ioulia Tchiguirinskaia, Clemson University

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