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Environmental hazards : the fluid dynamics and geophysics of extreme events
- Author / Creator
- Conferences
- Spring School on Fluid Dynamics and Geophysics of Environmental Hazards (2009 : National University of Singapore)
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- Creator
- editors, H.K. Moffatt, Emily Shuckburgh
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- Singapore : World Scientific, [2011]
- ©2011
- Series
- Physical Details
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- xiv, 315 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
- ISBNs
- 9789814313285, 9814366994, 9789814366991, 1283433400, 9814313297, 9786613433404, 9814313289
- OCLC
- ocn858228538, ocn587219946
- "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.
- Machine generated contents note: 1.A Brief Introduction to Vortex Dynamics and Turbulence / H. Keith Moffatt -- 2.Geophysical and Environmental Fluid Dynamics / Paul F. Linden -- 3.Weather and Climate / Emily Shuckburgh -- 4.Dynamics of the Indian and Pacific Oceans / Toshio Yamagata -- 5.The Hurricane-Climate Connection / Kerry Emanuel -- 6.Transport and Mixing of Atmospheric Pollutants / Peter H. Haynes -- 7.Extreme Rain Events in Mid-Latitudes / Robin Faulwetter -- 8.Dynamics of Hydro-Meteorological and Environmental Hazards / A. W. Jayawardena -- 9.Tsunami Modeling and Forecasting Techniques / Dao My Ha -- 10.Rogue Waves / J. M. Dudley