Houghton Lectures

2004 HOUGHTON LECTURES SERIES

4 February 2004:        Motivation for stochastic modelling and definitions

9 February 2004:        It's not the Central Limit Theorem you're used to:  introduction and       
                                        application to the baroclinic atmosphere  
                                        (Bonus:  a linear system with intermittency)

11 February 2004:      Review of Central Limit Theorem, with examples

16 February 2004:      President's Day--no lecture

18 February 2004:      Linear Stochastic Models, Detailed Balance, and El Niño?
                                    (Includes non-normal dynamics)

23 February 2004:      El Niño, Part II
 
25 February 2004:      Numerical Integration of Stochastic Differential
                                     Equations (SDE's), Part I

1 March 2004:             Numerical Integration of SDE's, Part II;
                                     Stochastic Parameterizations

3 March 2004              More on numerical generation of SDE's (and review)
                                    Time permitting:  Begin Kinetic Theory and Fluctuating
                                    Navier-Stokes

8 March 2004              Kinetic Theory and Fluctuating Navier-Stokes

10 March 2004            Review material already presented