Extensive scaling and nonuniformity of the Karhunen-Loève decomposition for the spiral-defect chaos state

Scott M. Zoldi,* Jun Liu, Kapil M. S. Bajaj, Henry S. Greenside, and Guenter Ahlers Theoretical Division and Center for Nonlinear Studies, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545 Schlumberger ATE, M/S 930, 1601 Technology Drive San Jose, California 95110 Department of Physics and Center for Nonlinear Science, University of California at Santa Barbara, California 93106 Department of Physics and Center for Nonlinear and Complex Systems, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708 ~Received 6 August 1998!