Earth
Richard McGehee
The Mathematics of Climate Seminar
University of Minnesota
School of Mathematics

 

Fall 2014 Schedule

 

 
 
   
   
September 9, 2014
       Generalized Hopf Bifurcation in an Ocean Circulation Box Model, Julie Leifeld, School of Mathematics
       A simple box model of ocean circulation inspires a theorem about discontinuous vector fields.
 
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September 23, 2014
       Kicks and flows: a dynamical systems approach to modeling resilience, Kate Meyer, School of Mathematics
 
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September 30, 2014
       Circle Maps Inspired by Glacial Cycles, Jon Hahn, School of Mathematics
 
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October 14, 2014
       Winter is Coming: A Dynamical Systems Approach to Better El Niņo Predictions, Andrew Roberts, Cornell University
 
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October 21, 2014
       Proposed Effects of Early Agriculture on Current Climate, Elise Reed, University of Minnesota
 
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October 28, 2014
       Understanding Early Agricultural Impacts on Climate with Dynamical Systems, Alice Nadeau, School of Mathematics
 
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November 4, 2014
       Existence and uniqueness for a steady state algal bloom model, Bevin Maultsby, School of Mathematics
       Algae in the ocean absorbs carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and thus plays an important role in the carbon cycle. A bloom occurs when there is a rapid increase in an algae population. We will look at a reaction-advection-diffusion model for algal bloom density and examine an analytic uniqueness result for the steady state equation (with mixed boundary conditions). In particular, we will show that given a bloom depth L>0, there is only one possible solution for the algal bloom's density profile.
 
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