This spreadsheet contains data on per capita carbon dioxide emissions in metric tons per year, by country. A subset of this data set is used in Section 5.1, Exercise 4. The data set was downloaded from data.worldbank.org
Category: Data and Examples
Kelp Forest Model
[This is a draft placeholder for book exercises about the kelp-forest-sea-urchin model]
Visit the Geogebra simulator for a kelp-forest-sea-urchin model.
Phosphorus Pollution Model
[This is a draft placeholder for book exercises about the phosphorus pollution model]
Visit the Geogebra simulator for a model of phosphorus pollution.
Budyko Climate Model
[This is a draft placeholder for book exercises about the Budyko climate model]
Visit the Geogebra simulator for the Budyko climate model, incorporating the ice-albedo feedback.
The Betz limit
There is an interesting discussion to be had about the possible efficiency of wind turbines which presents opportunities for the instructor to look at several different kinds of computations. The discussion ends up with an optimization problem which could be approached by the classical methods of calculus – if the students have that available to them – or could be approximated simply by drawing a graph of one critical function. Continue reading “The Betz limit”