Modelling

Modelling is a way of simplifying the real world to enable us to solve problems.
 * We do it all the time and so easily that we don’t even notice we are doing it. For example, a street directory is a model of a city’s roads, a diagram is a model of how something is made, and even a calendar is a model of a month.

Nowadays, we use sophisticated computer models to help predict the weather, simulate climate conditions and climate change, whereas a climate model takes account of numerous variables that characterize the climate system (e.g. temperature, rainfall, wind, humidity etc.). Nevertheless, scientists use mathematical models to study the behavior of the atmosphere and predict possible consequences of the greenhouse effect.
 * People use these models to solve problems, such as ‘What is the shortest route?’, ‘How do I put this together?’, ‘How long until my birthday?’ Mathematics is one of the most important modelling tools
 * A climate model as well as predicting events in the future in the atmosphere are particularly complicated due a large number of influences needed to take in consideration, and the entire climate system’s complex interrelation.