@article{MarwanKurths2005, author = {Marwan, Norbert and Kurths, J{\"u}rgen}, title = {Line structures in recurrence plots}, issn = {0375-9601}, year = {2005}, abstract = {Recurrence plots exhibit line structures which represent typical behaviour of the investigated system. The local slope of these line structures is connected with a specific transformation of the time scales of different segments of the phase-space trajectory. This provides us a better understanding of the structures occurring in recurrence plots. The relationship between the time-scales and line structures are of practical importance in cross recurrence plots. Using this relationship within cross recurrence plots, the time-scales of differently sampled or time- transformed measurements can be adjusted. An application to geophysical measurements illustrates the capability of this method for the adjustment of time-scales in different measurements. (C) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved}, language = {en} }