Tsunami and Nonlinear Waves [electronic resource] /
Kundu, Anjan.editor.
The need for tsunami research and analysis has grown dramatically following the devastating tsunami of December 2004, which affected Southern Asia. This book pursues a detailed theoretical and mathematical analysis of the fundamentals of tsunamis, especially the evolution and dynamics of tsunamis and other great waves. Of course, it includes specific measurement results from the 2004 tsunami, but the emphasis centres on the nature of the waves themselves and their links to nonlinear phenomena. Throughout, methods of nonlinear dynamics and integrable systems are employed to develop novel concep
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The need for tsunami research and analysis has grown dramatically following the devastating tsunami of December 2004, which affected Southern Asia. This book pursues a detailed theoretical and mathematical analysis of the fundamentals of tsunamis, especially the evolution and dynamics of tsunamis and other great waves. Of course, it includes specific measurement results from the 2004 tsunami, but the emphasis centres on the nature of the waves themselves and their links to nonlinear phenomena. Throughout, methods of nonlinear dynamics and integrable systems are employed to develop novel concep
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Propagation -- Waves in shallow water, with emphasis on the tsunami of 2004 -- Integrable Nonlinear Wave Equations and Possible Connections to Tsunami Dynamics -- Solitary waves propagating over variable topography -- Water waves generated by a moving bottom -- Tsunami surge in a river: a hydraulic jump in an inhomogeneous channel -- On the modelling of huge water waves called rogue waves -- Numerical Verification of the Hasselmann equation -- Source & Run up -- Runup of nonlinear asymmetric waves on a plane beach -- Tsunami Runup in Lagrangian Description -- Analytical and numerical models for tsunami run-up -- Large waves caused by oceanic impacts of meteorites -- Retracing the tsunami rays -- Modeling and visualization of tsunamis: Mediterranean examples -- Characterization of Potential Tsunamigenic Earthquake Source Zones in the Indian Ocean -- Erratum.
Oceanography.
Statistical physics.
Dynamical systems.
Geoecology.
Environmental geology.
Fluids.
Geophysics.
Earth sciences.
Oceanography.
Complex Systems.
Geoecology/Natural Processes.
Fluid- and Aerodynamics.
Geophysics/Geodesy.
Earth Sciences, general.