Extreme events : observations, modeling, and economics - Chavez, Mario; Ghil, Michael; Urrutia Fucugauchi, Jaime; American Geophysical Union (Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley, 2016)
Applications of Extreme Value Theory to Environmental Data Analysis / Gwladys Toulemonde, Pierre Ribereau, and Philippe Naveau -- Dynamical Systems Approach to Extreme Events / Catherine Nicolis and Gregoire Nicolis -- Skill of Data-based Predictions versus Dynamical Models: A Case Study on Extreme Temperature Anomalies / Stefan Siegert, Jochen Bröcker, and Holger Kantz -- Detecting and Anticipating Climate Tipping Points / Timothy M. Lenton and Valerie N. Livina -- Understanding ENSO Variability and Its Extrema: A Delay Differential Equation Approach / Michael Ghil and Ilya Zaliapin -- Drivers of Extreme Space Weather Events: Fast Coronal Mass Ejections / Alexander Ruzmaikin, Joan Feynman, and Stilian Stoev -- Chicxulub Asteroid Impact: An Extreme Event at the Cretaceous/Paleogene Boundary / Jaime Urrutia-Fucugauchi and Ligia Pérez-Cruz -- Weather and Climatic Drivers of Extreme Flooding Events over the Midwest of the United States / Andrew W. Robertson, Yochanan Kushnir, Upmanu Lall, and Jennifer Nakamura -- Analysis of the Hazards and Vulnerability of the Cancun Beach System: The Case of Hurricane Wilma / Edgar Mendoza, Rodolfo Silva, Cecilia Enriquez-Ortiz, Ismael Mariño-Tapia, and Angélica Felix -- Observations and Modeling of Environmental and Human Damage Caused by the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami / Kazuhisa Goto, Fumihiko Imamura, Shunichi Koshimura, and Hideaki Yanagisawa -- Extreme Capillary Wave Events Under Parametric Excitation / Michael G. Shats, Hua Xia, and Horst Punzmann -- A Review of Great Magnitude Earthquakes and Associated Tsunamis along the Guerrero, Mexico Pacific Coast: A Multiproxy Approach / María-Teresa Ramírez-Herrera, Néstor Corona, and Gerardo Suárez -- Landslide Risk to the Population of Italy and Its Geographical and Temporal Variations / Paola Salvati, Mauro Rossi, Cinzia Bianchi, and Fausto Guzzetti -- An Extreme Event Approach to Volcanic Hazard Assessment / Servando De la Cruz-Reyna and Ana Teresa Mendoza-Rosas -- Economic Impact of Extreme Events: An Approach Based on Extreme Value Theory / Richard W. Katz -- Extreme Magnitude Earthquakes and Their Direct Economic Impacts: A Hybrid Approach / Mario Chavez, Eduardo Cabrera, Silvia Garcia, Erik Chavez, Mike Ashworth, Narciso Perea, and Alejandro Salazar -- Tropical Cyclones: From the Influence of Climate to Their Socioeconomic Impacts / Suzana J. Camargo and Solomon M. Hsiang -- Impacts of Natural Disasters on a Dynamic Economy / Andreas Groth, Patrice Dumas, Michael Ghil, and Stéphane Hallegatte -- Extreme Tsunami Events in the Mediterranean and Its Impact on the Algerian Coasts / Lubna A. Amir, Walter Dudley, and Brian G. McAdoo -- High-Tech Risks: The 2011 Tôhoku Extreme Events / Heriberta Castaños and Cinna Lomnitz -- On Predictive Understanding of Extreme Events: Pattern Recognition Approach, Prediction Algorithms, Applications to Disaster Preparedness / Vladimir Keilis-Borok, Alexandre Soloviev, and Andrei Gabrielov.
"This Work is a co-publication between the American Geophysical Union and John Wiley and Sons, Inc."
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
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Keywords: Environmental economics -- Mathematical models; Natural disasters -- Mathematical models; Extreme value theory