Electronic Proceedings of the Twenty-fifth Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate MathematicsBoston, Massachusetts, March 21-24, 2013Paper S048
Climate Science: Why Mathematicians Should Be Interested |
John R. BaconUnited States Military Academy list of all papers by this author | Thomas P. KendallUnited States Army | Thomas MussmannUnited States Army | Robert PalaisUtah Valley University | Victor E. Trujillo, IIUnited States Military Academy list of all papers by this author | Frank WattenbergUnited States Military Academy list of all papers by this author |
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ABSTRACT
One of the major challenges facing society today is how to assess the risks of climate change. Scientific experiments and computational simulations can provide data, but the data don't always provide insight. In this talk I will describe a system-level approach to the Earth's climate and give some examples of conceptual mathematical models that can help us to get a better understanding of complexity.Keyword(s): applications, modeling