meteorology

During World Mathematical Year 2000 a sequence of posters were displayed month by month in the trains of the London Underground aiming to stimulate, fascinate - even infuriate passengers! Keith Moffatt tells us about three of the posters from the series.

Tags: Fibonacci number : chaos : differential equation : golden ratio : fluid mechanics : advection-diffusion equation : meteorology : Lorenz equations : butterfly effect : strange attractor : dynamical system

Tags: statistics : chaos : meteorology : forecasting

Read about what it is like to work at the Meteorological Office in this interview with Helen Hewson. There's also a contact point for careers information.

Tags: computer simulation : navier-stokes equations : differential equation : meteorology

Tags: chaos : meteorology : butterfly effect : tornados

Umbrella or no umbrella? New advances in weather forecasting will help us dodge hurricanes and protect against floods.

Tags: navier-stokes equations : mathematical modelling : fluid mechanics : meteorology : forecasting

A multi-disciplinary approach to complexity

Tags: mathematical modelling : chaos : network : network topology : meteorology : datamining : complexity : mathematics and climate change