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PostJuly 31, 2017

Theoretical Environmental Analysis

This course analyzes cooperative processes that shape the natural environment, now and in the geologic past. It emphasizes the development of theoretical models that relate the physical and biological worlds, the comparison of theory to observational data, and associated mathematical methods.

Content highlights: Detailed lecture notes, problems with supporting MATLAB files

Image rights: Fluctuations of climate and atmospheric carbon dioxide levels over the last 400,000 years. (Image courtesy of Prof. Daniel Rothman. License CC BY-NC-SA)

Taught By: Prof. Daniel Rothman

by MIT OCW
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Climate Modeling

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