Extreme environmental events : complexity in forecasting and early warning /
"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. :
Springer,
2011.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| 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"--Back cover. |
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| Item Description: | "With 661 figures and 51 tables." Electronic resource. Two columns to the page. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1441976949 1441976957 (e-book) 1441976965 (print and electronic bundle) 9781441976949 9781441976956 (e-book) 9781441976963 (print and electronic bundle) |
| DOI: | 10.1007/978-1-4419-7695-6 |