Mathematical Sciences: Analysis of Ice Core Time Series andPaleoclimate Modeling

该奖项支持跨学科的努力和发展一项涉及地球科学定量建模的研究合作。数学家(S)和地球观测组织科学家研究将特别关注格陵兰冰盖冰芯记录的统计和科学分析。两个阶段的跨学科研究将首先开发科学上和统计上有效的探索性和验证性统计技术，以评估格陵兰冰盖记录的古气候记录。第二阶段将讨论建立数学模型，将极地冰盖中沉积的环境信号与重要的古气候因素联系起来。该项目提出了重大的数学和统计挑战，为地球科学家提供了工具，用于了解地球大约20万年的气候历史。

This award supports the cross-disciplinary efforts and the development of a research collaboration involving quantitative modelling in the geosciences. In particular the mathematician(s) and the GEO scientist research will focus their attention on the statistical and scientific analysis of records arising from ice cores taken from the Greenland ice sheet. The two-phase interdisciplinary research will begin with the development of scientifically and statistically valid exploratory and confirmatory statistical techniques for assessing the record of the paleoclimate as recorded in the Greenland ice sheet. The second phase will address the development of mathematical models relating the environmental signals deposited in polar ice sheets to important paleoclimate factors. This project presents significant mathematical and statistical challenges to provide geoscientists with tools to be applied to the task of understanding the approximately 200,000 years od Earth's climatic history.