Introduction

Abstract

These Lecture Notes form the basis of a one-semester course taught at the Physics Institute and the Oeschger Centre of Climate Change Research of the University of Bern. The main goals of this course are: 1. To introduce the students to the physical basis and the mathematical description of the different components of the climate system. 2. To provide the students with a first approach to the numerical solution of ordinary and partial differential equations using examples from climate modelling.