Mathematics and Climate, Second Edition
About this ebook
Mathematics and Climate, Second Edition contains a layered atmosphere model for the greenhouse effect, a new chapter on a model for glacial cycles, updated sections on paleoclimate reconstruction, and exercises at the end of each chapter to stimulate critical thinking and communication skills. Additionally, it provides suggestions for further study and more advanced projects, an extensive list of references, and a glossary of terms for the nontechnical reader.
This book is intended for advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students in mathematics, statistics, physics, chemistry, and geosciences. It may also be of use to applied mathematicians in academia, national laboratories, and public service organizations; statisticians and data scientists interested in climate issues; and climate scientists interested in mathematical and statistical techniques. While the level of mathematical sophistication increases throughout the book, no prior knowledge of climate science is required. This book is appropriate for the study of mathematics and climate, mathematical modeling, methods of applied mathematics, and statistics.
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Hans G. Kaper is affiliated with Georgetown University and serves as the editor-in-chief of SIAM News and the SIAM book series on Mathematical Modeling and Computation. He spent most of his professional career at Argonne National Laboratory and served as Program Director for Applied Mathematics at the National Science Foundation. He is a Corresponding Member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences, a 2009 SIAM Fellow, and a 2023 AAAS Fellow. He is the (co)author of four books and more than 100 articles in refereed journals. He served on the SIAM Committee on Science Policy and was Chair of the SIAM Activity Group on Dynamical Systems and founding Chair of the SIAM Activity Group on Mathematics of Planet Earth.
Hans Engler is Professor Emeritus of Mathematics at Georgetown University and former Department Chair. He served as Program Director for Applied Mathematics at the National Science Foundation and as Chair of the SIAM Activity Group on Mathematics of Planet Earth. He has also done mathematical and statistical consulting work with government agencies and private companies.
