3 papers
physics.ao-ph2026
Multiscale Decomposition Reveals Predictable Interannual Variability and Climate Trends in Antarctic Sea Ice Loss
Peter Yatsyshin, Karl Lapo, Jonathan Smith +4
Antarctic sea ice has undergone unprecedented changes in recent years, raising questions about how this key geophysical system is responding to climate change. Decades of slow expa…
q-bio.QM2026
An Interpretable Data-Driven Model of the Flight Dynamics of Hawks
Lydia France, Karl Lapo, J. Nathan Kutz
Despite significant analysis of bird flight, generative physics models for flight dynamics do not currently exist. Yet the underlying mechanisms responsible for various flight mano…
math.DS2025
Phasor notation of Dynamic Mode Decomposition
Karl Lapo, Samuele Mosso, J. Nathan Kutz
Dynamic Mode Decomposition (DMD) is a powerful, data-driven method for diagnosing complex dynamics. Various DMD algorithms allow one to fit data with a low-rank model that decompos…