Lecture 16:

David Glover first gave this lecture 5 November 1996

0-D Models (Box Models)


Table of Contents (Clicking below goes to section, clicking "GoTo Lecture TOC" returns here) Last changed November 4, 1998

16.1) The Scale of the Problem

16.1.1) Boundary layer models
16.1.2) Mixed layer models
16.1.3) Basin scale models

16.2) Types of Models (0-D)

16.2.1) Homogenous ODEs
16.2.2) Inhomogeneous ODEs
16.2.3) Coupled, linear, 1st order ODEs
16.2.4) Higher order ODEs

16.3) The Parts of the Model

16.3.1) Reservoirs (inventories)
16.3.2) Fluxes
16.3.3) The equations
16.3.4) Output (time series and phase diagrams)

16.4) A Multi-box Model of the World Ocean

16.4.1) A system of coupled reservoirs
16.4.2) The fluxes (between boxes and within)
16.4.3) The coupled equations (building them)
16.4.4) The Runge-Kutta solution


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