<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><br><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Mathematical Modeling of Earth's Dynamic Systems:</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px"> Letting the Genie out of the Model</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px"> A Short Course</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px"> </span><span style="font-size:12.8px">July 31 - August 5, 2016</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px"> University Park, Pennsylvania USA</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px"> Sandra Kirtland Turner (UC Riverside) and </span><span style="font-size:12.8px">Lee</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> </span><span style="font-size:12.8px">Kump</span><span style="font-size:12.8px">, David Pollard and</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px"> Rudy Slingerland (Penn State), Course Instructors</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">This workshop will be an intense, hands-on introduction to the creation</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">and use of numerical models as a method for investigating the dynamics of</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Earth systems. Participants will learn how to translate their understanding</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">of Earth processes into systems of differential equations, and solve them</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">to test hypotheses concerning both modern and ancient systems. In addition,</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">participants will learn how to apply and evaluate selected existing Earth</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">system models.</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">AGENDA:</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Sunday, July 31, 2016</span><span style="font-size:12.8px">: Arrivals and ice-breaker.</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Monday-</span><span style="font-size:12.8px">Wednesday, Aug. 1-3</span><span style="font-size:12.8px">: Fundamentals of numerical modeling of dynamical</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px"> systems: box models and simple transport problems.</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Wednesday Aug. 3</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> (afternoon): Field trip/social event.</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Thursday Aug. 4</span><span style="font-size:12.8px">: Introduction to Earth system models of intermediate complexity</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px"> (GENIE) and full complexity Earth system models (general circulation models,</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px"> ice-sheet models).</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Friday Aug. 5</span><span style="font-size:12.8px">: Opportunities to delve further into more sophisticated transport</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px"> problems, EMICs, or GCMs.</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">DETAILS:</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px"> * Participants will have ample time to practice their skills creating and</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px"> running models with help from the course instructors.</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px"> * Course enrollment is limited to 20 participants.</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px"> * Graduate students, postdoctoral associates, and early career faculty</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px"> members will receive preference in the selection of participants.</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px"> * We anticipate that with the support of Penn State[1] and our sponsors,</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px"> the Agouron Institute[2] and Princeton University Press[3], travel</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px"> expenses, course fees and per diem costs of the participants will be</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px"> minimal.</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Those interested in participating in this workshop should send a curriculum</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">vitae and a 1-page statement explaining their interest in participating and</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">how they intend to put their new-found modeling skills to use in their</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">research. Graduate students should provide the name of their advisors, their</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">tentative thesis/dissertation titles, and an indication of whether they are</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">pursuing an M.S. or Ph.D. degree. Please send all materials by </span><span style="font-size:12.8px">April 15, 2016</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">to Tina Vancas, Penn State Geosciences, 503 Deike Bldg., University Park,</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">PA 16802 USA (</span><a href="mailto:tqs5@psu.edu" style="font-size:12.8px" target="_blank">tqs5@psu.edu</a><span style="font-size:12.8px">).</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">[1] </span><a href="http://www.psu.edu/" rel="noreferrer" style="font-size:12.8px" target="_blank">http://www.psu.edu</a><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">[2] </span><a href="http://agi.org/" rel="noreferrer" style="font-size:12.8px" target="_blank">http://agi.org</a><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">[3] </span><a href="http://press.princeton.edu/" rel="noreferrer" style="font-size:12.8px" target="_blank">http://press.princeton.edu</a><span><font color="#888888"><div style="margin:2px 0px 0px;font-size:12.8px"></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div><div dir="ltr">Sandra Kirtland Turner, Ph.D.<br><div><div><span>Assistant</span> <span>Professor</span> of <span>Paleoclimate</span>/Paleoceanography</div><div>Department of Earth Sciences</div><div>University of California, Riverside</div><div><span style="font-family:Helvetica;text-align:-webkit-auto">Riverside, CA 92521</span></div><div><a href="tel:%28951%29%20827-3191" value="+19518273191" target="_blank">(951) 827-3191</a> (office)</div></div></div></div>
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