Vegetation patterns in mathematical models, and vegetation patterns in Horn of Africa

21 Apr 2016 | Presentations

Visually striking large-scale spatial patterns of vegetation have been observed in semi-arid regions in the Americas, Africa and Australia. These have led to suggestions by theoretical ecologists that certain characteristics of the patterns may serve as early-warning signs of desertification....

Local and non-local mechanisms of Arctic warming

25 Feb 2016 | Presentations

Polar amplification (PA) is a prominent feature of currently observed and predicted future climate change suggested by both observations and models. We will discuss several PA mechanisms and feedbacks in the ocean and the atmosphere suggested by different researchers and connect it to the real...

New averaging results motivated by climate models: fat tails, oscillations, and tipping

10 Dec 2015 | Presentations

We review recent results where new averaging approaches are developed and applied in the context of systems with multiple time scales and fat tails  and in non-autonomous multiple scale systems with oscillatory forcing.  These types of systems appear in a variety of higher dimensional...

Jafarov Seminar

30 Nov 2015 | Presentations

Dr. Elchin Jafarov is a research associate at the National Snow and Ice Data Center, at the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder. He has a PhD in Geophysics and a masters degree in Mathematics both from the University of Alaska Fairbanks....

Mathematics and Climate Research Network - An Example of a Successful Community-Building Effort

19 Oct 2015 | Presentations | Contributor(s): Colin James Grudzien

Slides Hans Kaper prepared for a talk on October 1, 2015, titled "The Mathematics and Climate Research Network (MCRN) - An Example of a Successful Community-Building Effort."  It was part of the MPE 2013+ Workshop on Education for the Planet Earth of Tomorrow, September...

Tipping points and power cuts

18 Jun 2015 | Presentations

Who, or what, will tip the big climate models?

18 Jun 2015 | Presentations

ICMS Tipping Points: Fundamentals and Applications

13 Jun 2015 | Workshops

Objectives: This workshop (September, 2013) brings together mathematicians and statisticians, whose research expertise is relevant to investigating threshold behaviour in complex environmental systems, with the climate scientists and ecologists who exploit mathematical modelling in their research...

Orbital Forcing and Ice Age

02 Jun 2015 | Educational Materials

Annotated Bibliography by Daniel Koll

Midwest Mathematics and Climate Conference - Day 2 Afternoon Session

12 May 2015 | Presentations

Charles Jackson, University of Texas, AustinDual-state Behavior of the Community Climate System ModelIce age climate between 80,000 and 11,000 years ago experienced abrupt (< 10 year) global-scale climate transitions every few thousand years. Evidence and theory suggests such behavior may be...

Midwest Mathematics and Climate Conference

12 May 2015 | Workshops | Contributor(s): Richard McGehee

The conference is sponsored by the National Science Foundation, Institute of Mathematics and Its Applications, the Office of Research,College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and the Department of Mathematics, Department of Geography/Atmospheric Science Program, and The...

Midwest Mathematics and Climate Conference

12 May 2015 | Workshops

The conference is sponsored by the National Science Foundation, Institute of Mathematics and Its Applications, the Office of Research,College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and the Department of Mathematics, Department of Geography/Atmospheric Science Program, and The...

Midwest Mathematics and Climate Conference

12 May 2015 | Workshops

The conference is sponsored by the National Science Foundation, Institute of Mathematics and Its Applications, the Office of Research,College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and the Department of Mathematics, Department of Geography/Atmospheric Science Program, and The...

Midwest Mathematics and Climate Conference

12 May 2015 | Workshops

The conference is sponsored by the National Science Foundation, Institute of Mathematics and Its Applications, the Office of Research,College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and the Department of Mathematics, Department of Geography/Atmospheric Science Program, and The...

Midwest Mathematics and Climate Conference - Day 1 Afternoon Session

12 May 2015 | Presentations

Graham Feingold, National Oceanic & Atmospheric AdministratonDynamical System Analogues to Cloud SystemsShallow convection exhibits fascinating cellular structures at scales of a few to several hundred kilometers. Configurations of relatively cloud free open cell states, or much cloudier...

Introduction to the Mathematics of Climate at UMN - Lecture 23

12 May 2015 | Presentations | Contributor(s): Colin James Grudzien

This is lecture 23 in the series "Introduction to the Mathematics of Climate" offered at the University of Minnesota in 2014 with the support of MCRN and The Institute for Mathematics and its Applications.

Introduction to the Mathematics of Climate at UMN - Lecture 22

12 May 2015 | Presentations | Contributor(s): Colin James Grudzien

This is lecture 22 in the series "Introduction to the Mathematics of Climate" offered at the University of Minnesota in 2014 with the support of MCRN and The Institute for Mathematics and its Applications.  

Introduction to the Mathematics of Climate at UMN - Lecture 21

12 May 2015 | Presentations | Contributor(s): Colin James Grudzien

This is lecture 21 in the series "Introduction to the Mathematics of Climate" offered at the University of Minnesota in 2014 with the support of MCRN and The Institute for Mathematics and its Applications.  

Introduction to the Mathematics of Climate at UMN - Lecture 20

12 May 2015 | Presentations | Contributor(s): Colin James Grudzien

This is lecture 20 in the series "Introduction to the Mathematics of Climate" offered at the University of Minnesota in 2014 with the support of MCRN and The Institute for Mathematics and its Applications.

Introduction to the Mathematics of Climate at UMN - Lecture 19

12 May 2015 | Presentations | Contributor(s): Colin James Grudzien

This is lecture 19 in the series "Introduction to the Mathematics of Climate" offered at the University of Minnesota in 2014 with the support of MCRN and The Institute for Mathematics and its Applications.