Physics of Tsunamis (Hardcover, 2nd ed. 2016)

This second edition reflects significant progress in tsunami research, monitoring and mitigation within the last decade. Primarily meant to summarize the state-of-the-art knowledge on physics of tsunamis, it describes up-to-date models of tsunamis generated by a submarine earthquake, landslide, volcanic eruption, meteorite impact, and moving atmospheric pressure inhomogeneities. Models of tsunami propagation and run-up are also discussed. The book investigates methods of tsunami monitoring including coastal mareographs, deep-water pressure gauges, GPS buoys, satellite altimetry, the study of ionospheric disturbances caused by tsunamis and the study of paleotsunamis. Non-linear phenomena in tsunami source and manifestations of water compressibility are discussed in the context of their contribution to the wave amplitude and energy. The practical method of calculating the initial elevation on a water surface at a seismotectonic tsunami source is expounded. Potential and eddy traces of a tsunamigenic earthquake in the ocean are examined in terms of their applicability to tsunami warning. The first edition of this book was published in 2009. Since then, a few catastrophic events occurred, including the 2011 Tohoku tsunami, which is well known all over the world. The book is intended for researchers, students and specialists in oceanography, geophysics, seismology, hydro-acoustics, geology, and geomorphology, including the engineering and insurance industries.

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Release date:	November 2015
First published:	2016
Authors:	Boris W. Levin • Mikhail Nosov
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	388
Edition:	2nd ed. 2016
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-24035-0
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Environmental impact of natural disasters & phenomena Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > Applied physics & special topics > Geophysics Books > Earth & environment > Earth sciences > The hydrosphere > Oceanography (seas)
LSN:	3-319-24035-8
Barcode:	9783319240350

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