Category: theoretical physics

• Complexity vs Simplicity in Geophysics

  abstraction . American Association for the Advancement of Science . American Meteorological Association . American Statistical Association . Azimuth Project . complex systems . control theory . differential equations . dynamical systems . eigenanalysis . information theoretic statistics . mathematics . Mathematics and Climate Research Network . mechanistic models . nonlinear systems . Paul Pukite . spectra . spectral methods . spectroscopy . theoretical physics . wave equations . WHT

  Nov 10.2020
• Series, symmetrized Normalized Compressed Divergences and their logit transforms

  Akaike Information Criterion . bridge to somewhere . computation . content-free inference . data science . descriptive statistics . divergence measures . engineering . George Sughihara . information theoretic statistics . likelihood-free . machine learning . mathematics . model comparison . model-free forecasting . multivariate statistics . non-mechanistic modeling . non-parametric statistics . numerical algorithms . statistics . theoretical physics . thermodynamics . time series

  Jan 3.2019
• Liang, information flows, causation, and convergent cross-mapping

  Akaike Information Criterion . American Association for the Advancement of Science . Anthropocene . attribution . carbon dioxide . climate . climate change . climate disruption . complex systems . convergent cross-mapping . ecology . Egbert van Nes . Ethan Deyle . Floris Takens . George Sughihara . global warming . Hao Ye . Hyper Anthropocene . information theoretic statistics . Lenny Smith . model-free forecasting . nonlinear systems . physics . statistics . Takens embedding theorem . theoretical physics . Timothy Lenton . Victor Brovkin

  May 2.2017
• Global blinding, or Nature’s revenge against meteorologists who deny climate disruption

  Accuweather . American Association for the Advancement of Science . American Meteorological Association . American Statistical Association . AMETSOC . Anthropocene . climate . climate business . climate change . climate disruption . climate economics . climate justice . dynamical systems . Eaarth . environment . evidence . forecasting . games of chance . geophysics . global blinding . global warming . Hyper Anthropocene . Kerry Emanuel . meteorological models . meteorology . National Center for Atmospheric Research . NCAR . nonlinear systems . notes . oceanic eddies . oceanography . radiative forcing . Ricky Rood . science . the right to be and act stupid . the tragedy of our present civilization . theoretical physics

  Apr 6.2017
• Yes, I will be marching for Science in Boston

  American Association for the Advancement of Science . American Meteorological Association . American Statistical Association . AMETSOC . astronomy . astrophysics . Carl Sagan . climate . Climate Lab Book . ecology . Eli Rabett . engineering . fluid dynamics . geophysics . hydrology . marine biology . meteorology . physics . population biology . Principles of Planetary Climate . reason . science . Scripps Institution of Oceanography . theoretical physics . thermodynamics . WHOI . Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution . XKCD

  Mar 8.2017
• Polls, Political Forecasting, and the Plight of Five Thirty Eight

  abstraction . American Statistical Association . anemic data . citizen science . citizenship . civilization . economics . education . forecasting . information theoretic statistics . mathematics . maths . politics . prediction markets . sociology . the right to know . theoretical physics . thermodynamics

  Oct 18.2016
• “All models are wrong. Some models are useful.” — George Box

  abstraction . American Association for the Advancement of Science . astronomy . astrophysics . mathematics . model-free forecasting . numerics . perceptions . physical materialism . physics . rationality . reason . reasonableness . science . spatial statistics . splines . statistics . the right to know . theoretical physics . time series

  Oct 17.2016
• “Full-depth Ocean Heat Content” reblog

  Anthropocene . climate . climate change . climate data . climate disruption . climate models . computation . differential equations . ensembles . environment . fluid dynamics . forecasting . geophysics . global warming . greenhouse gases . Hyper Anthropocene . Lorenz . Mathematics and Climate Research Network . model comparison . NOAA . oceanography . physics . science . statistics . theoretical physics . thermodynamics . time series

  Jul 28.2016
• On Munshi mush

  Bayes . Bayesian . Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature project . BEST . carbon dioxide . cat1 . climate . climate change . climate data . climate education . climate models . convergent cross-mapping . dynamic linear models . ecology . ENSO . environment . Ethan Deyle . evidence . geophysics . George Sughihara . global warming . greenhouse gases . information theoretic statistics . Kalman filter . mathematics . maths . meteorology . model comparison . NOAA . oceanography . prediction . state-space models . statistics . Takens embedding theorem . Techno Utopias . the right to know . theoretical physics . time series . zero carbon

  Jun 5.2016
• “Number density, not mixing ratio”, from Eli

  astrophysics . Boltzmann . carbon dioxide . chemistry . climate . climate change . climate disruption . climate education . Eli Rabett . environment . evidence . geophysics . global warming . Loschmidt . meteorology . methane . physics . Principles of Planetary Climate . science . theoretical physics . thermodynamics

  Apr 11.2016
• In celebration of the unification of Gravity with the other fundamental forces …

  Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists . Canettes Blues Band . geophysics . gravity waves . LHC . LIGO . physics . quantum . rationality . reasonableness . statistics . stochastics . theoretical physics

  Feb 12.2016