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Slingerland, Rudy.

Mathematical modeling of Earth's dynamical systems: a primer/ Rudy Slingerland and Lee Kump - Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2011. - xii, 231 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Example I --
Radiocarbon Content of the Biosphere as a One-Box Model --
Example II --
The Carbon Cycle as a Multibox Model --
Example III --
One-Dimensional Energy Balance Climate Model --
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Finite Difference Solutions of Box Models --
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The Forward Euler Method --
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Predictor-Corrector Methods --
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Stiff Systems --
Example IV --
Rothman Ocean --
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Backward Euler Method --
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Model Enhancements --
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Summary --
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Modeling Exercises --
4 --
One-Dimensional Diffusion Problems --
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Translations --
Example I --
Dissolved Species in a Homogeneous Aquifer --
Example II --
Evolution of a Sandy Coastline --
Example III --
Diffusion of Momentum --
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Finite Difference Solutions to 1-D Diffusion Problems --
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Summary --
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Modeling Exercises --
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Multidimensional Diffusion Problems --
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Translations --
Example I --
Landscape Evolution as a 2-D Diffusion Problem --
Example II --
Pollutant Transport in a Confined Aquifer --
Example III --
Thermal Considerations in Radioactive Waste Disposal.

ISBN: 0691145148

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Earth sciences--Mathematical models
Mathematics
Science
Geobiology

Dewey Class. No.: 550.15118 / SLI/M