Jim Boyle

Numerical Simulation Basics: Accuracy and Model Validation for a Finite-difference Equation part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2023:Activities
This activity teaches students a few of the basic concepts for numerical simulation of physical systems by modeling the simple and well-known problem of free-fall. The recursion relation for the finite-difference ...

Numerical Simulation Basics: Part II – Boundary Conditions & Numerical Stability for a Finite-Difference Equation part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2024:Activities
This is the second and last activity teaching numerical simulation basics to students in a junior-level physical oceanography course. In the first activity students program solutions for a 1st order differential ...

Teaching Computation in Earth Science Laboratories part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2023:Essays
Jim Boyle, Physics, Meteorology and Physical Oceanography, Western Connecticut State University The pillars of science are: observation, theory and numerical simulation. These pillars drive understanding and ...