Environmental Hazards (V21) - Paperback

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, with a focus mainly on tropical cyclones, tsunamis, monsoon flooding and atmospheric pollution, all within the context of climate variability and change.The book provides an introduction to these topics from both mathematical and geophysical points of view, and will be invaluable for graduate students in applied mathematics, geophysics and engineering with an interest in this broad field of study, as well as for seasoned researchers in adjacent fields.

• | Author: H K Moffatt & Emily Shuckburgh
• | Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
• | Publication Date: Jul 15, 2011
• | Number of Pages: 332 pages
• | Binding: Paperback or Softback
• | ISBN-10: 9814366994
• | ISBN-13: 9789814366991