Open AccessHow mathematical models can aid understanding of climate
Author(s) -
Williams Paul D.,
Cullen Michael J. P.,
Huthnance John M.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2011eo510010
Subject(s) - hierarchy , climate model , management science , climate system , computer science , reading (process) , conceptual model , operations research , climate change , mathematics , engineering , political science , ecology , database , law , biology
IMA Conference on the Mathematics of the Climate System; Reading, United Kingdom, 13–15 September 2011 About 40 researchers attended a conference by the Institute for Mathematics and its Applications (IMA) to discuss the mathematics of the climate system. The conference focused on the construction and use of mathematical and computational models. The entire hierarchy of models was considered, from the conceptual to the comprehensive. Conceptual models provide understandable paradigms for dynamical climate system behavior, enabling researchers to assess and interpret comprehensive models.