Mathematics and Climate Change

Gerrit Lohmann
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Gerrit Lohmann: Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Alfred Wegener Institute

Chapter 83 in Handbook of the Mathematics of the Arts and Sciences, 2021, pp 2217-2248 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Climate change is one of the most pressing scientific challenges of our times, with transformations which are already becoming present in many areas of the world. The demand (from the stakeholders) for clear answers under a wide range of future scenarios has to be addressed (by the scientific community) using our rapidly evolving knowledge of the weather and climate system. Mathematics is one of the essential pillars at the foundation of this knowledge, as it allows us to quantify and predict the effects we observe in nature. In this chapter, we illustrate some crucial mathematical techniques and theoretical approaches, in the context of their application to the climate system. The concepts of critical parameters, dimension reduction, and stochasticity are explored in detail.

Keywords: Climate models; Fluid dynamics; Dynamical theory; Spatiotemporal scales; Coarse graining; Stability; Predictability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-57072-3_145

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