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From the smallest scales to the largest, there exists an apparent conundrum: nature is both simple and complex.
From apparent disorder, order emerges.
This elegance in nature lies at the heart of my research interests.
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Welcome to the Stadium-Wave Website!
The stadium wave is a term that refers to a hypothesis of multidecadal climate variability describing climate behavior as a network of synchronized ocean, ice, and atmospheric indices, through which a signal propagates sequentially in an ordered lead-lag relationship - hence, the allusive term, "stadium wave".
The fundamental view
upon which the stadium-wave hypothesis is built is that over long
timescales, "parts" of a system organize into a network of interacting
sub-systems resulting in collective behavior. Intra-network interactions yield positive and negative feedbacks, together generating an oscillatory behavior.
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Note to Readers - What to Expect:
Dominant
focus of this website is the stadium-wave hypothesis - its explanation (in layperson-friendly terms),
the idea's evolution, frequently asked questions, and various published articles highlighting
research studies on the "wave", e.g. its spatio-temporal signature,
differences revealed about model-based and instrumental-based data sets, explorations into the proposed mechanism underlying the signal, and what the stadium-wave dynamic might tell us about components of climate variability - externally forced versus intrinsic. While
most of the site is dedicated to the
stadium wave, the last page of the site hosts a variety of essays and
presentations on more general topics: climate in geological context; present-day climate-change discussions; and even a bit of philosophy, as told through the rocks. All are written for scientist and layperson, alike.
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