GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES ON TROPICAL CY..(V4): FROM SCIENCE TO MITIGATION: 4 (World Scientific Series on Asia-Pacific Weather and Climate) - Tapa blanda

JOHNNY C L CHAN & JEFFREY D KEPERT

 
9789814293471: GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES ON TROPICAL CY..(V4): FROM SCIENCE TO MITIGATION: 4 (World Scientific Series on Asia-Pacific Weather and Climate)
Tapa blanda
ISBN 10: 9814293474 ISBN 13: 9789814293471
Editorial: World Scientific, 2010

Sinopsis

This book is a completely rewritten, updated and expanded new edition of the original Global Perspectives on Tropical Cyclones published in 1995. It presents a comprehensive review of the state of science and forecasting of tropical cyclones together with the application of this science to disaster mitigation, hence the tag: From Science to Mitigation.Since the previous volume, enormous progress in understanding tropical cyclones has been achieved. These advances range from the theoretical through to ever more sophisticated computer modeling, all underpinned by a vast and growing range of observations from airborne, space and ocean observation platforms. The growth in observational capability is reflected by the inclusion of three new chapters on this topic. The chapter on the effects of climate change on tropical cyclone activity is also new, and appropriate given the recent intense debate on this issue. The advances in the understanding of tropical cyclones which have led to significant improvements in forecasting track, intensity, rainfall and storm surge, are reviewed in detail over three chapters. For the first time, a chapter on seasonal prediction is included. The book concludes with an important chapter on disaster mitigation, which is timely given the enormous loss of life in recent tropical cyclone disasters.World Scientific Series on Asia-Pacific Weather and Climate is indexed in SCOPUS.

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This book is a completely rewritten, updated and expanded new edition of the original Global Perspectives on Tropical Cyclones published in 1995. It presents a comprehensive review of the state of science and forecasting of tropical cyclones together with the application of this science to disaster mitigation, hence the tag: From Science to Mitigation.

Since the previous volume, enormous progress in understanding tropical cyclones has been achieved. These advances range from the theoretical through to ever more sophisticated computer modeling, all underpinned by a vast and growing range of observations from airborne, space and ocean observation platforms. The growth in observational capability is reflected by the inclusion of three new chapters on this topic. The chapter on the effects of climate change on tropical cyclone activity is also new, and appropriate given the recent intense debate on this issue. The advances in the understanding of tropical cyclones which have led to significant improvements in forecasting track, intensity, rainfall and storm surge, are reviewed in detail over three chapters. For the first time, a chapter on seasonal prediction is included. The book concludes with an important chapter on disaster mitigation, which is timely given the enormous loss of life in recent tropical cyclone disasters.

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Editorial
World Scientific
Año de publicación
2010
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
9814293474
ISBN 13 
9789814293471
Encuadernación
Tapa blanda
Número de páginas
446
Editor
KEPERT JEFFREY D, CHAN JOHNNY C L
Contacto del fabricante
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Persona responsable
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

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