[CF-metadata] Chaotic Proposed Standard Name

From: Godin, Michael <Godin>
Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 10:49:19 -0700

Hello all,

I'd like to propose the following standard name, which I believe has applications in both climatology and oceanography:

lyapunov_exponent: 1: a measure that determines for each point of phase space, how quickly trajectories that begin in this point diverge over time. The number of Lyapunov exponents is equal to the number of dimensions of the embedding phase space, but it is common to just refer to the largest one, because it determines the predictability of a dynamical system.

Or perhaps this be better named as:
lyapunov_exponent_of_point

Or maybe:
lyapunov_exponent_of_point_in_air
and
lyapunov_exponent_of_point_in_sea_water

Regards, Mike
Received on Mon Oct 10 2005 - 11:49:19 BST