Hurricanes and climate change. Volume 3 (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Jennifer M. Collins, Kevin Walsh, editors.
• Editors: Collins, Jennifer M; Walsh, Kevin
• Contents: Preface; Acknowledgments; Contents; Contributors; 1 Recent Advances in the Emerging Field of Paleotempestology; 1 Introduction; 2 Recent Developments in Paleotempestology Proxies; 2.1 Historical Documentary Records; 2.2 Speleothem, Coral-, and Tree-Ring Archives; 2.2.1 Speleothems; 2.2.2 Corals; 2.2.3 Tree Rings; 2.3 Beach Ridges; 2.4 Coastal Lacustrine, Lagoon, and Marsh Overwash Deposits; 2.4.1 Modern Records; 2.4.2 Difficulties in Using Tropical Cyclone Overwash Records; 2.4.3 Long-Term Records; 2.5 Coastal Karst Basins; 3 Paleotempestology-Generated Landfall Frequencies and Return Periods. 4 Advances in the Understanding of Climate Change-Driven Tropical Cyclone Dynamics5 Conclusions; References; 2 Archival Evidence of Secular Changes in Georgia Hurricanes: 1750 -2012; 1 Description of Data and Methods; 2 Newspapers; 3 Diaries/Letters; 4 Ship Logs; 5 Meteorological Records; 6 Creation of Hurricane Trajectories; 7 HURDAT2; 8 Results; 9 Discussion; 10 Strengths and Weaknesses; 11 Conclusions; References; 3 Near-Time Sea Surface Temperature and Tropical Cyclone Intensity in the Eastern North Pacific Basin; 1 Introduction; 2 Data and Methods; 3 Longitudinal Division of ENP Basin. 4 Displacements of Maximum TC Intensity and Maximum SST and Initial Genesis Point5 Correlation Between SST and TC Intensity; 5.1 All Observations; 5.2 MDR Subdivisions; 6 Upper Bound of TC Intensity by SST Groups; 7 Outflow Temperature; 8 Conclusions; References; 4 Modern Tropical Cyclone Wind Observation and Analysis; 1 Introduction; 2 In Situ Observation; 3 Remote Observation; 4 Applied Techniques; 5 Experimental Approaches; 6 Conclusion; References; 5 Inland Tropical Cyclones and the "Brown Ocean" Concept; 1 Introduction; 2 TCMI: Background, Climatology, and Physical Processes. 2.1 One-Dimensional Model Studies2.2 Three-Dimensional Model Studies; 3 2015 Case Study; 4 Conclusions; References; 6 Typhoon/Hurricane Disaster Prediction and Prevention for Coastal, Offshore, and Nuclear Power Plant Infrastructure; 1 Introduction; 2 Development Process of the Multivariate Compound Extreme Value Distribution (MCEVD); 2.1 Poisson-Gumbel Compound Extreme Value Distribution (P-G CEVD) and Its Applications; 2.2 Comparison Between P-G CEVD, Gumbel, and P-III Distributions; 2.3 Poisson-Weibull Compound Extreme Value Distribution (P-W CEVD) and Its Application Along US Coasts. 2.4 Poisson-Nested Logistic Trivariate Compound Extreme Value Distribution (PNLTCEVD)2.5 Solution of MCEVD by Stochastic Simulation Method: P-ISP; 3 Hurricanes Katrina and Rita of 2005 and Hurricane Sandy of 2012 as a Validation of CEVD 1982 Predicted Results; 3.1 Comparison Between 1982 PWCEVD Predicted Results and NOAA-Proposed SPH and PMH; 3.2 2012 Hurricane Sandy Induced Flooded Area as a Validation of the 1982 CEVD Predicted Storm Surge; 3.3 Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Sandy as a Validation of MCEVD Predicted Results.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 551.55/2; 333.7; Environment; Hurricanes; Climatic changes; SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Geology; Climatic changes; Hurricanes; Environment; Climate Change; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts; Atmospheric Sciences; Natural Hazards; Environmental Economics; Science -- Global Warming & Climate Change; Science -- Earth Sciences -- Meteorology & Climatology; Nature -- Natural Disasters; Business & Economics -- Economics -- General; The environment; Earth sciences; Natural disasters; Environmental economics; Geology; Environmental economics; Science -- Environmental Science; Climate change; Electronic books; Electronic book
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319475943; 3319475940
• Related ISBNs: 9783319475929; 3319475924
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed March 1, 2017).
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