G6943 Spring 2004

Marc Spiegelman

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Introduction and Syllabus
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Conservation Equations (problem set #1, new as of 28 Jan 2004)
Chapter 2: Some Real (?) Problems in Earth Sciences (plus an intro to Dynamical Systems)
Chapter 3: ...and how to solve them: a survey of techniques
Chapter 4: Solutions of Ordinary Differential Equations (problem set #2 + some code for you) new
Chapter 5: Transport: Non-diffusive initial value problems (problem set #3)+ some more code new
Chapter 6: Diffusion: Diffusive initial value problems
Chapter 7: Combos: Advection-diffusion and operator splitting (problem set #4) + code (29 Mar 2004) new
Chapter 8: Initial value problems in multiple dimensions (problem set #5) + code (18 Mar 2000)
Chapter 9: Boundary Value problems (problem set #6: optional but fun) + code (10 Apr 2000)
Appendix A: Vector Calculus: a quick review
Appendix B: Using the Suns at Lamont
Appendix C: A Fortran 77 Primer and cheat sheet
Course Slides

GeoFrameworks: A repository for Geodynamics codes
Geodynamics.org: Organizational website for the CIG (Computational Infrastructure for Geodynamics)

Ra=10⁴	Ra=10⁵	Ra=10⁶
Ra=5x10⁶	Ra=10⁷