Publications

Published 2019

• Y. Ruan, R.V. Donner, S. Guan, Y. Zou: Ordinal partition transition network based complexity measures for inferring coupling direction and delay from time series. Chaos, 29, 043111 (2019).
  
  
• J.G. Franke, R.V. Donner: Correlating Paleoclimate Time Series: Sources of Uncertainty and Potential Pitfalls. Quaternary Science Reviews, 212, 69-79 (2019).
  
  
• R.V. Donner, G. Balasis, V. Stolbova, M. Georgiou, M. Wiedermann, J. Kurths: Recurrence based quantification of dynamical complexity in the Earth's magnetosphere at geospace storm timescales. Journal of Geophysical Research - Space Physics, 124, 90-108 (2019).
  
  
• Y. Zou, R.V. Donner, N. Marwan, J.F. Donges, J. Kurths: Complex network approaches to nonlinear time series analysis. Physics Reports, 787, 1-97 (2019).
  
  
• F. Wolf, C. Kirsch, R.V. Donner: Edge directionality properties in complex spherical networks. Physical Review E, 99(1), 012301 (2019).
  
  

Published 2018

• J. Maluck, N. Glanemann, R.V. Donner: Bilateral trade agreements and the interconnectedness of global trade - The different roles played by the United States and China. Frontiers in Physics (Section Interdisciplinary Physics), 6, 134 (2018).
  
  
• J. Runge, G. Balasis, I.A. Daglis, C. Papadimitriou, R.V. Donner: Common solar wind drivers behind magnetic storm--magnetospheric substorm dependency. Nature Scientific Reports, 8, 16987 (2018).
  
  
• K.H. Krämer, R.V. Donner, J. Heitzig, N. Marwan: Recurrence threshold selection for obtaining robust recurrence characteristics in different embedding dimensions. Chaos, 28, 085720 (2018).
  
  
• R.V. Donner, V. Stolbova, G. Balasis, J.F. Donges, M. Georgiou, S. Potirakis, J. Kurths: Temporal organization of magnetospheric fluctuations unveiled by recurrence patterns in the Dst index. Chaos, 28, 085716 (2018).
  
  
• J. Lekscha, R.V. Donner: Phase space reconstruction for non-uniformly sampled noisy time series. Chaos, 28, 085702 (2018).
  
  
• R.V. Donner, M. Lindner, L. Tupikina, N. Molkenthin: Characterizing flows by complex network methods. In: A Mathematical Modeling Approach from Nonlinear Dynamics to Complex Systems, ed. by E.E.N. Macau, Springer International, Cham, pp. 197-226 (2019).
  
  
• T. Laepple, R.V. Donner, T. Kunz: Understanding and modelling space-time Holocene climate variability - 2nd CVAS workshop, Potsdam, Germany, 25 - 27 October 2017. PAGES Past Global Changes Magazine, 26(1), 38 (2018).
  
  
• E. Rousi, D. Coumou, R.V. Donner: Atmospheric Teleconnections: Advanced Tools and Citizen Science. Eos, 99 (2018).
  
  

Published 2017

• W. Barfuss, J.F. Donges, M. Wiedermann, W. Lucht: Sustainable use of renewable resources in a stylized social-ecological network model under heterogeneous resource distribution. Earth System Dynamics, 8, 255-264 (2017).
  
  
• P.P. Klamser, M. Wiedermann, J.F. Donges, R.V. Donner: Zealotry effects on opinion dynamics in the adaptive voter model. Physical Review E, 96, 052315 (2017).
  
  
• J.G. Franke, J.P. Werner, R.V. Donner: Reconstructing Late Holocene North Atlantic atmospheric circulation changes using functional paleoclimate networks. Climate of the Past, 13, 1593-1608 (2017). Discussion Paper: Climate of the Past Discussions, doi:10.5194/cp-2017-41 (2017).
  
  
• L. Baumbach, J.F. Siegmund, M. Mittermeier, R.V. Donner: Impacts of temperature extremes on European vegetation during the growing season. Biogeosciences, 14, 4891-4903 (2017). Discussion Paper: Biogeosciences Discussions, doi:10.5194/bg-2017-189 (2017).
  
  
• C. Mitra, J. Kurths, R.V. Donner: Rewiring hierarchical scale-free networks - Influence on synchronizability and topology. Europhysics Letters (EPL), 119, 30002 (2017).
  
  
• A. Loew, W. Bell, L. Brocca, C. Bulgin, J. Burdanowitz, X. Calbet, R.V. Donner, D. Ghent, A. Gruber, T. Kaminski, J. Kinzel, C. Klepp, J.-C. Lambert, G. Schaepman-Strub, M. Schröder, T. Verhoelst: Validation practices for satellite based earth observation data across communities. Reviews of Geophysics, 55(3), 779-817 (2017).
  
  
• M. Wiedermann, J.F. Donges, J. Kurths, R.V. Donner: Mapping and discrimination of networks in the complexity-entropy plane. Physical Review E, 96, 042304 (2017).
  
  
• C. Mitra, T. Kittel, A. Choudhary, J. Kurths, R.V. Donner: Recovery time after localized perturbations in complex dynamical networks. New Journal of Physics, 19, 103004 (2017).
  
  
• D. Willink, V. Khan, R.V. Donner: Improved one-month lead-time forecasting of the SPI over Russia with pressure covariates based on the SL-AV model. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 143(701B), 2636-2649 (2017).
  
  
• M. Wiedermann, J.F. Donges, D. Handorf, J. Kurths, R.V. Donner: Hierarchical structures in Northern Hemispheric extratropical winter ocean-atmosphere interactions. International Journal of Climatology, 37(10), 3821-3836 (2017).
  
  
• K. Vinke, M.A. Martin, S. Adams, A. Bondeau, F. Baarsch, D. Coumou, R.V. Donner, A. Menon, M. Perrette, K. Rehfeld, A. Robinson, M. Rocha, M. Schaeffer, S. Schwan, O. Serdeczny, A. Svirejeva-Hopkins: Climate risks and impacts in South Asia: Extremes of water scarcity and excess. Regional Environmental Change, 17(6), 1569-1583 (2017).
  
  
• N. Ekhtiari, S. Grossman-Clarke, H. Koch, W. Meira de Souza, R.V. Donner, J. Volkholz: Effects of the Lake Sobradinho reservoir (Northeastern Brazil) on the regional climate. Climate, 5(3), 50 (2017).
  
  
• J.G. Franke, R.V. Donner: Dynamical anomalies in terrestrial proxies of North Atlantic climate variability during the last 2ka. Climatic Change, 143(1-2), 87-100 (2017).
  
  
• J. Maluck, R.V. Donner, H. Takayasu, M. Takayasu: Industry specific topologies and motif controllability in the Japanese Business Firm Network. Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment, 053404 (2017).
  
  
• R.V. Donner, E. Hern\E1ndez-Garcia, E. Ser-Giacomi: Introduction to Focus Issue: Complex network perspectives on flow systems. Chaos, 27(3), 035601 (2017).
  
  
• R.V. Donner, M. Wiedermann, J.F. Donges: Complex network techniques for climatological data analysis. Nonlinear and Stochastic Climate Dynamics, ed. by C.L.E. Franzke, T.J. O'Keane, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 159-183 (2017).
  
  
• N. Fujiwara, K. Kirchen, J.F. Donges, R.V. Donner: A perturbation-theoretic approach to Lagrangian flow networks. Chaos, 27(3), 035813 (2017).
  
  
• M. Lindner, R.V. Donner: Spatio-temporal organization of dynamics in a two-dimensional periodically driven vortex flow: A Lagrangian flow network perspective. Chaos, 27(3), 035806 (2017).
  
  
• J. Maluck, R.V. Donner: Distributions of positive correlations in sectoral value added growth in the global economic network. European Physical Journal B, 90, 26 (2017).
  
  
• C. Mitra, A. Choudhary, S. Sinha, J. Kurths, R.V. Donner: Multiple-node basin stability in complex dynamical networks. Physical Review E, 95(3), 031317 (2017).
  
  
• N. Molkenthin, H. Kutza, L. Tupikina, N. Marwan, J.F. Donges, U. Feudel, J. Kurths, R.V. Donner: Edge anisotropy and the geometric perspective on flow networks. Chaos, 27(3), 035802 (2017).
  
  
• J.F. Siegmund, N. Siegmund, R.V. Donner: CoinCalc - A new R package for quantifying simultaneities of event series. Computers & Geosciences, 98, 64-72 (2017).
  
  

Published 2016

• S.M. Barbosa, R.V. Donner: Long-term changes in the seasonality of Baltic sea-level. Tellus A, 68, 30540, (2016).
  
  
• J.F. Donges, C.-F. Schleussner, J.F. Siegmund, R.V. Donner: Event coincidence analysis for quantifying statistical interrelationships between event time series - On the role of extreme flood events as possible drivers of epidemics. European Physical Journal - Special Topics, 225(3), 471-487 (2016).
  
  
• C.-F. Schleussner, J.F. Donges, R.V. Donner, H.J. Schellnhuber: The co-production of armed conflicts by climate-related disasters and ethnic fractionalization. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 113(33), 9216-9221 (2016).
  
  
• J.F. Siegmund, T. Sanders, I. Heinrich, E. van der Maaten, S. Simard, G. Helle, R.V. Donner: Meteorological drivers of extremes in daily beech, oak and pine stem diameter variations in Northeastern Germany - An event coincidence analysis. Frontiers in Plant Sciences, 7, 733 (2016).
  
  
• J.F. Siegmund, M. Wiedermann, J.F. Donges, R.V. Donner: Impact of temperature and precipitation extremes on the flowering dates of four German wildlife shrub species. Biogeosciences, 13, 5541-5555 (2016). Discussion Paper: Biogeosciences Discussions, 12, 18389-18423 (2015).
  
  
• M. Wiedermann, J.F. Donges, J. Kurths, R.V. Donner: Spatial network surrogates for disentangling complex system structure from spatial embedding of nodes. Physical Review E, 93(4), 042308 (2016).
  
  
• M. Wiedermann, A. Radebach, J.F. Donges, J. Kurths, R.V. Donner: A climate network-based index to discriminate different types of El Nino and La Nina. Geophysical Research Letters, 43, 069119 (2016).
  
  
• Y. Zou, R.V. Donner, M. Thiel, J. Kurths: Disentangling regular and chaotic motion in the standard map using complex network analysis of recurrences in phase space. Chaos 26(2), 023120 (2016).
  
  

Published 2015

• S.M. Barbosa, R.V. Donner, G. Steinitz: Radon applications in geosciences - progress & perspectives. European Physical Journal - Special Topics 224(4), 597-603 (2015).
  
  
• N. Boers, R.V. Donner, B. Bookhagen, J. Kurths: Complex network analysis identifies impacts of the El Nino Southern Oscillation on moisture divergence in South America. Climate Dynamics 45(3-4), 619-632 (2015).
  
  
• J.F. Donges, J. Heitzig, B. Beronov, M. Wiedermann, J. Runge, Q.Y. Feng, L. Tupikina, V. Stolbova, R.V. Donner, N. Marwan, H.A. Dijkstra, J. Kurths: Unified functional network and nonlinear time series analysis for complex systems science - The pyunicorn package. Chaos 25(11), 113101 (2015).
  
  
• J.F. Donges, R.V. Donner, N. Marwan, S.F.M. Breitenbach, K. Rehfeld, J. Kurths: Nonlinear regime shifts in Holocene Asian monsoon variability - Potential impacts on cultural change and migratory patterns. Climate of the Past, 11, 709-741 (2015).
  
  
• R.V. Donner, J.F. Donges, Y. Zou, J.H. Feldhoff: Complex network analysis of recurrences. In: C. Webber, Jr., N. Marwan (eds): Recurrence Quantification Analysis: Theory and Best Practices, Springer International Publishing, pp. 101-163 (2015).
  
  
• R.V. Donner, S.M. Potirakis, S.M. Barbosa, J.A.O. Matos, A.J.S.C. Pereira, L.J.P.F. Neves: Intrinsic vs. spurious long-range memory in high-frequency records of environmental radioactivity - Critical re-assessment and application to indoor 222Rn concentrations from Coimbra, Portugal. European Physical Journal - Special Topics 224(4), 741-762 (2015).
  
  
• R.V. Donner, S. Potirakis, G. Balasis, K. Eftaxias, J. Kurths: Temporal correlation patterns in pre-seismic electromagnetic emissions reveal distinct complexity profiles prior to major earthquakes. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth 85-86, 44-55 (2015).
  
  
• R.V. Donner: Interactive Comment on "Global trend analysis of the MODIS drought severity index" by P.I. Orvos et al. Geoscientific Instrumentation Methods and Data Systems Discussions, 5, pp. C1-C4 (2015).
  
  
• J. Maluck, R.V. Donner: A network of networks perspective on global trade. PLOS ONE 10(7), e013310 (2015).
  
  
• C. Mitra, J. Kurths, R.V. Donner: An integrative quantifier of multistability in complex systems based on ecological resilience. Scientific Reports 5, 16196 (2015).
  
  
• A. Rammig, M. Wiedermann, J.F. Donges, F. Babst, W. von Bloh, D. Frank, K. Thonicke, M.D. Mahecha. Coincidences of climatic extremes and anomalous vegetation responses: comparing tree ring patterns to simulated productivity. Biogeosciences 12, 373-385 (2015).
  
  
• J. Runge: Quantifying information transfer and mediation along causal pathways in complex systems. Physical Review E 92, 062829 (2015).
  
  
• J. Runge, R.V. Donner, J. Kurths: Optimal model-free prediction from multivariate time series. Physical Review E 91, 052909 (2015).
  
  
• J. Runge, V. Petoukhov, J.F. Donges, J. Hlinka, N. Jajcay, M. Vejmelka, D. Hartman, N. Marwan, M. Palus, J. Kurths: Identifying causal gateways and mediators in complex spatio-temporal systems. Nature Communications 6, 8502 (2015).
  
  
• C.-F. Schleussner, D. Divine, J.F. Donges, A. Miettinen, R.V. Donner: Indications for a North Atlantic ocean circulation regime shift at the onset of the Little Ice Age. Climate Dynamics 45, 3623-3633 (2015).
  
  
• M. Wiedermann, J.F. Donges, J. Heitzig, W. Lucht, J. Kurths. Macroscopic description of complex adaptive networks co-evolving with dynamic node states. Physical Review E 91, 052801 (2015).
  
  
• Y. Zou, R.V. Donner, J. Kurths: Analyzing long-term correlated stochastic processes by means of recurrence networks: Potentials and pitfalls. Physical Review E, 91, 022926 (2015).
  
  

Published 2014

• D.C. Zemp, M. Wiedermann, J. Kurths, A. Rammig, J.F. Donges. Node-weighted measures for complex networks with directed and weighted edges for studying continental moisture recycling. Europhysics Letters 102, 58005 (2014).
  
  
• Y. Zou, R.V. Donner, N. Marwan, M. Small, J. Kurths: Long-term changes in the North-South asymmetry of solar activity - a nonlinear dynamics characterization using visibility graphs. Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics, 21, 1113-1126 (2014).