System Behavior and System ModelingThis introductory primer applies system modeling in general and computer modeling in particular to basic environmental problems and applications. Students will learn how systems behave while constructing quantitative models involving such concepts as reservoirs, flows, controls, feedbacks, steady states, time constants, limits and exponential growth. The added feature of STELLA II demo software for model building and simulation, now available in Macintosh and Windows versions, allows students to create, manipulate, and run their own models. The winner of the 1993 EDUCOM award for best curriculum innovation in the atmospheric sciences, this module includes exercises throughout, a tutorial training guide for the software, and a glossary of terms. For teachers, an Instructor's Manual is also available. |
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albedo Annual Births arrow atmospheric carbon dioxide Bather D1 bathtub bathtub model Bathtub Volume birth fraction blackbody button CALIF CALIFORNIA carbon dioxide Click OK Click once click-and-hold climate model command key components computer model connector create cursor death fraction Deer Population Diagram Layer dialog disk Double-click Drain driver dynamic Earth energy system electromagnetic spectrum equation exponential exponential function Florida State University flow forecast fossil fuel global models GLOBAL WARMING CONTROVERSY graph pad graphical function heat capacity High Performance Systems High-level Map Human Population icon increase Infrared to Space initial conditions input interactions LIBRARIES CALIFORNIA Macintosh meter module numeric display option key output Overflow palette parameters population model population pyramid predator process frame regeneration reservoir Run the model SAN DIEGO UNIVERSITY simulation slider solar constant steady-state STELLA Stock sub-model space system behavior system diagram system model tutorial UNIVERSITY SAN DIEGO valve Vegetation