Earth Science is a broad and multi-disciplinary science that employs different approaches to gain a comprehensive understanding of our world which can be divided into the four elements; Air, Fire, Earth and Water. Mathematical and conceptual models have traditionally been used to describe, understand, and predict various processes occurring in different compartments of the Earth; the mantle, the oceans and the continents, as well as processes involved in earth observation. In recent years it has become increasingly more accessible to develop and test complex models for describing and predicting the system earth. This is mainly due to the development of new measurement methods, continental and global observation networks, efficient and robust computational methods, and advent of powerful computers.
We, in the System Earth Modelling programme, focus to provide a firm basis for the systematic and scientific study of the system earth using advanced models. As we are all working in different research areas within the earth sciences, this symposium provides an opportunity to bring all these different areas together. At the symposium you will get a chance to see and hear what we have been working on, and in addition some international scientists will be invited to give a complementary view on the earth sciences research areas which ultimately describe and try to understand the four elements.