TY - JOUR A1 - Marwan, Norbert A1 - Kurths, Jürgen T1 - Nonlinear analysis of bivariate data with cross recurrence plots N2 - We use the extension of the method of recurrence plots to cross recurrence plots (CRP) which enables a nonlinear analysis of bivariate data. To quantify CRPs, we develop further three measures of complexity mainly basing on diagonal structures in CRPs. The CRP analysis of prototypical model systems with nonlinear interactions demonstrates that this technique enables to find these nonlinear interrelations from bivariate time series, whereas linear correlation tests do not. Applying the CRP analysis to climatological data, we find a complex relationship between rainfall and El Nino data. Y1 - 2001 UR - https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/18421 UR - http://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0201061 ER -