Summer Semester 2025
Summary
This class covers the fundamentals of modeling weather and climate
for undergraduate students of Mathematics and Data Science. It has the
following main themes:
- Simple models that illustrate the difference between weather and
climate from a dynamical systems viewpoint (Lorenz model) and simple
models of climate (energy balance models),
- Fundamental equations of geophysical fluid dynamics and basic
phenomenology,
- Depending on time and interest: focus more in-depth on selected
aspects, and/or do simple practical experiments with a toy climate
model.
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Textbooks
Shen, Somerville, Climate Mathematics: Theory and
Applications, Cambridge University Press, 2019
Engler, Kaper, Mathematics of Climate, SIAM,
2013
Warner, Numerical Weather and Climate Prediction,
Cambridge University Press, 2010
Grading
- Regular exercise assignments
- The grade for this class is determined by one final exam
- There will be a “mock exam” 3-4 weeks before the final exam.
- Successful submission of exercises as well as the the mock exam will
each add a grade bonus of 1/3 of a grade step to your final grade. Note
that the pass/fail decision is not affected by the bonus, and the top
grade can be achieved without the bonus.
Topics
- Apr 24, 2025
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Introduction
- Apr 28, 2025
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TBA