Identification and Characterization of Ecohydrologic Process Networks

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.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2015

Author dc:creator

• Ruddell, Benjamin Lyle

Contributors dc:contributor

• Kumar, Praveen

• Hydrology

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

(MiAaPQ)AAI3347503

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/87878