title: Structure of characteristic Lyapunov vectors in spatiotemporal chaos.
abstract: We study Lyapunov vectors (LVs) corresponding to the largest Lyapunov exponents in systems with spatiotemporal chaos. We focus on characteristic LVs and compare the results with backward LVs obtained via successive Gram-Schmidt orthonormalizations. Systems of a very different nature such as coupled-map lattices and the (continuous-time) Lorenz '96 model exhibit the same features in quantitative and qualitative terms. Additionally, we propose a minimal stochastic model that reproduces the results for chaotic systems. Our work supports the claims about universality of our earlier results [I. G. Szendro, Phys. Rev. E 76, 025202(R) (2007)] for a specific coupled-map lattice.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Física de Cantabria (IFCA), CSIC-Universidad de Cantabria, E-39005 Santander, Spain. pazo@ifca.unican.es
authors.forename: Diego
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pazó
authors.forename: Ivan G
authors.initials: IG
authors.lastname: Szendro
authors.forename: Juan M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: López
authors.forename: Miguel A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Rodríguez