Embedding reconstruction methodology for short time series - application to large El Nino events

作者：Astudillo H F^*; Borotto F A; Abarca del Rio R

来源：Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics, 2010, 17(6): 753-764.

DOI：10.5194/npg-17-753-2010

We propose an alternative approach for the embedding space reconstruction method for short time series. An m-dimensional embedding space is reconstructed with a set of time delays including the relevant time scales characterizing the dynamical properties of the system. By using a maximal predictability criterion a d-dimensional subspace is selected with its associated set of time delays, in which a local nonlinear blind forecasting prediction performs the best reconstruction of a particular event of a time series. An locally unfolded d-dimensional embedding space is then obtained. The efficiency of the methodology, which is mathematically consistent with the fundamental definitions of the local nonlinear long time-scale predictability, was tested with a chaotic time series of the Lorenz system. When applied to the Southern Oscillation Index (SOI) (observational data associated with the El Nino-Southern Oscillation phenomena (ENSO)) an optimal set of embedding parameters exists, that allows constructing the main characteristics of the El Nino 1982-1983 and 1997-1998 events, directly from measurements up to 3 to 4 years in advance.

• 出版日期2010