Extreme environmental events : complexity in forecasting and early warning / Robert A. Meyers (ed.).
"Extreme Environmental Events is an authoritative single source for understanding and applying the basic tenets of complexity and systems theory, as well as the tools and measures for analyzing complex systems, to the prediction, monitoring, and evaluation of major natural phenomena affecting l...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, N.Y. :
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[2011]
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| Series: | Springer reference
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| Online Access: | Springer eBooks |
| Summary: | "Extreme Environmental Events is an authoritative single source for understanding and applying the basic tenets of complexity and systems theory, as well as the tools and measures for analyzing complex systems, to the prediction, monitoring, and evaluation of major natural phenomena affecting life on earth. These phenomena are often highly destructive, and include earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanoes, climate change, and weather. Early warning, damage, and the immediate response of human populations to these phenomena are also covered from the point of view of complexity and nonlinear systems. In 61 authoritative, state-of-the art articles, world experts in each field apply such tools and concepts as fractals, cellular automata, solitons game theory, network theory, and statistical physics to an understanding of these complex geophysical phenomena"--Page 4 of cover. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxiv, 1250 pages) : illustrations, colour maps. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781441976963 1441976965 9781441976956 1441976957 1441976949 9781441976949 |