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AMATH 362Mathematics of Climate Change

Units
0.50
Faculty
Mathematics
Subject
Applied Mathematics

When it runs

  1. F24
  2. W25
  3. S25
  4. F25
  5. W26
  6. S26
  7. F26
  8. W27
  9. S27

Ran in 1 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: not on the schedule. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.

An introduction to the mathematical description of the climate. Topics covered include solar radiation and how the Earth is heated, climate feedbacks, the role of the oceans and the Earth's rotation, climate data and climate variability, and simple models of human-climate interactions. Calculus and computation will be used throughout the course.

Prerequisites

  • Complete all of the following
    • Must have completed at least 1 of the following:
      • AMATH250 - Introduction to Differential Equations (0.50)
      • AMATH251 - Introduction to Differential Equations (Advanced Level) (0.50)
      • AMATH350 - Differential Equations for Business and Economics (0.50)
      • MATH211 - Advanced Calculus 1 for Electrical and Computer Engineers (0.50)
      • MATH213 - Signals, Systems, and Differential Equations (0.50)
      • MATH218 - Differential Equations for Engineers (0.50)
      • MATH228 - Differential Equations for Physics and Chemistry (0.50)
    • Must have completed at least 1 of the following:
      • MATH118 - Calculus 2 for Engineering (0.50)
      • MATH119 - Calculus 2 for Engineering (0.50)
      • MATH128 - Calculus 2 for the Sciences (0.50)
      • MATH138 - Calculus 2 for Honours Mathematics (0.50)
      • MATH148 - Calculus 2 (Advanced Level) (0.50)
    • Must have completed at least 1 of the following:
      • STAT202 - Introductory Statistics for Scientists (0.50)
      • STAT206 - Statistics for Software Engineering (0.50)
      • STAT220 - Probability (Non-Specialist Level) (0.50)
      • STAT230 - Probability (0.50)
      • STAT240 - Probability (Advanced Level) (0.50)

Antirequisites

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Leads to

No course lists it as a requisite.

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  • Taken in W26 with Alain Gervais. Two 1.5 hour sections a week, no tutorial or test components. It's basically just a course on how to use MATLAB to test approximations of climate models. The code is given to you and you need to play around with the existing parameters and add your own modifications. It's an "inverse classroom", so you can either go to the first lecture of the week to learn the content, or just self-teach at home. The second lecture each week is actually a lab component in one of the MC computer rooms, where you get access to the code and have to write a lab report by the following lecture. Quite a cool experience honestly.

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