Why Simulate? -- How to Calculate a Compositional History -- A Simple Simulation -- The Obvious Approach -- A Scheme That Works -- How to Deal with Several Reservoirs -- A System of Coupled Reservoirs -- Simultaneous Algebraic Equations -- Simultaneous Differential Equations -- How to Solve a Nonlinear System -- The Oxidation-Reduction Balance of the Deep Sea -- Small Increments Make the System Linear -- How to Adjust the Time Step -- Let the Machine Do the Work -- The Carbon System and Several Useful Procedures -- Carbonate Equilibria -- Exchange Between Reservoirs -- A Program with Many Refinements -- File Management and Starting Values -- Mnemonic Names for Variables -- Other Quantities That Vary -- Subroutines and Global Variables -- Watch the Calculation as It Happens -- Response of the Atmosphere and Ocean to a Sudden Injection of Carbon Dioxide -- How to Tabulate a History for Maximum Flexibility -- How to Calculate Isotope Ratios -- How to Calculate Isotope Ratios -- Carbon Isotopes in the Ocean and Atmosphere -- The Influence of Fossil Fuel Combustion on Carbon Isotopes -- Carbon Isotopes in an Evaporating Lagoon -- Seasonal Change in Productivity -- Seasonal Change in Temperature -- Seasonal Change in Evaporation Rate -- Climate: A Chain of Identical Reservoirs -- Energy Balance Climate Model -- Annual Average Temperature as a Function of Latitude -- How to Avoid Unnecessary Computation -- The Seasonal Cycle -- Sensitivity of the Climate Simulation to Changes in Conditions -- The Influence of Permanent Ice.
Summary
An examination of global geochemical cycles - the processes that control the chemical composition of the environment, particularly the ocean and the atmosphere. Emphasis is placed on the methods used to calculate the composition of the environment, and to calculate changes that may occur.
