Identification and Characterization of Ecohydrologic Process Networks
Ruddell, Benjamin Lyle
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Description
Title
Identification and Characterization of Ecohydrologic Process Networks
Author(s)
Ruddell, Benjamin Lyle
Issue Date
2008
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Kumar, Praveen
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Keyword(s)
Hydrology
Language
eng
Abstract
However, all systems studied respond in a unified way to the mean Shannon entropy, which is a measure of the mean stochastic variability in the system in a given state. More Shannon entropy causes more information flow and more emergent self-organized feedback behavior in all systems. Two unifying principles, the Information Production Hypothesis and the Moderate Entropy Hypothesis, are proposed to explain how ecohydrological systems organize themselves in response to stochastic variability. It turns out that the stochastic variability, in addition to physical quantities such as the air temperature, is a fundamental determinant of the organization of complex adaptive ecohydrological systems.
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