Multiplex Networks: A Framework for Studying Multiprocess Multiscale Connectivity Via Coupled-Network Theory With an Application to River Deltas

Tejedor, A. ; Longjas, A. ; Passalacqua, P. ; Moreno, Y. (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Foufoula-Georgiou, E.

Resumen: Transport of water, nutrients, or energy fluxes in many natural or coupled human natural systems occurs along different pathways that often have a wide range of transport timescales and might exchange fluxes with each other dynamically. Although network approaches have been proposed for studying connectivity and transport properties on single-layer networks, theories considering interacting networks are lacking. We present a general framework for transport on multiscale coupled-connectivity systems, via multilayer networks which conceptualize the system as a set of interacting networks, each arranged in a separate layer, and with interactions across layers acknowledged by interlayer links. We illustrate this framework by examining transport in river deltas as a dynamic interaction of flow within river channels and overland flow on the islands, when controlled by the flooding level. We show the potential of the framework to answer quantitative questions related to the characteristic timescale of response in the system.

Idioma: Inglés

DOI: 10.1029/2018GL078355

Año: 2018

Publicado en: Geophysical Research Letters 45, 18 (2018), 9681-9689
ISSN: 0094-8276

Factor impacto JCR: 4.578 (2018)

Categ. JCR: GEOSCIENCES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY rank: 14 / 193 = 0.073 (2018) - Q1 - T1

Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 2.657 - Geophysics (Q1) - Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous) (Q1)

Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/E36-17R
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MINECO/FIS2017-87519-P

Tipo y forma: Article (Published version)

Área (Departamento): Área Física Teórica (Dpto. Física Teórica)