| Main Title |
Environmental hazards : the fluid dynamics and geophysics of extreme events / |
| Other Authors |
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| Publisher |
World Scientific, |
| Year Published |
2011 |
| OCLC Number |
587219946 |
| ISBN |
9789814313285; 9814313289; 9789814366991 (pbk.); 9814366994 (pbk.) |
| Subjects |
Climatic extremes--Congresses ;
Atmospheric turbulence--Congresses ;
Natural disasters--Congresses ;
Fluid mechanics--Congresses
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| Holdings |
| Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last
Modified |
Checkout
Status |
| ELBM |
QC981.8.C53S67 2009 |
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AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH |
12/10/2012 |
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| Collation |
xiv, 315 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm. |
| Notes |
"The Institute for Mathematical Sciences at the National University of Singapore hosted a Spring School on Fluid Dynamics and Geophysics of Environmental Hazards from 19 April to 2 May 2009. This volume contains the content of the nine short lecture courses given at this School..."--Back cover. Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents Notes |
A brief introduction to vortex dynamics and turbulence / H. Keith Moffatt -- Geophysical and environmental fluid dynamics / Tieh-Yong Koh and Paul F. Linden -- Weather and climate / Emily Shuckburgh -- Dynamics of the Indian and Pacific Oceans / Swadhin Behera and Toshio Yamagata -- The hurricane-climate connection / Kerry Emanuel -- Transport and mixing of atmospheric pollutants / Peter H. Haynes -- Extreme rain events in mid-latitudes / Gerd Tetzlaff, Janek Zimmer, and Robin Faulwetter -- Dynamics of hydro-meteorological and environmental hazards / A.W. Jayawardena -- Tsunami modeling and forecasting techniques / Pavel Tkalich and Dao My Ha -- Rogue waves / F. Dias, T.J. Bridges, and J.M. Dudley. |
