Lorenz Lecture

The Lorenz Lecture provides an introduction to the role of nonlinearity, complexity, and scaling in earth science processes.  The lecture is given at the Fall meeting.

Lorenz Lecturers

2001

Benoit B.Mandelbrot

Fractals as a Measure of Roughness in Earth Sciences

2002

Donald L. Turcotte

Self-Organized Complexity in Geophysics

2003

Rafael Bras

Wonders of Planet Earth: Complexity and Order in Earth Systems

2004

John Rundle

Process, Pattern, Prediction: Understanding Complexity in Driven Earth Systems

2005

Michael Ghil

The Earth as a complex system, and a simple way of looking at it

2006

Bach L. Hua

Nonlinear Dynamics of Zonal Jets in Planetary Atmospheres and Oceans