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Tsunamis and hurricanes: a mathematical approach

By Ferdinand Cap

Book information

Publisher
SpringerWien
Year
2006
ISBN
3211331581, 9783211331583, 9783211331590
Open Library ID
OL9020388M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1162783 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
201\201
Topic
Geography
Library
Kolxo3
Time added
2009-07-20 03:45:11
Науки о Земле;Океанология (океанография)

Description

Tsunamis and hurricanes have had a devastating impact on the population living near the coast during the year 2005. The calculation of the power and intensity of tsunamis and hurricanes are of great importance not only for engineers and meteorologists but also for governments and insurance companies. This book presents new research on the mathematical description of tsunamis and hurricanes. A combination of old and new approaches allows to derive a nonlinear partial differential equation of fifth order describing the steepening up and the propagation of tsunamis. The description includes dissipative terms and does not contain singularities or two valued functions. The equivalence principle of solutions of nonlinear large gas dynamics waves and of solutions of water wave equations will be used. An extension of the continuity equation by a source term due to evaporation rates of salt seawater will help to understand hurricanes. Detailed formula, tables and results of the calculations are given.

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