Environmental hazards : the fluid dynamics and geophysics of extreme events / editors, H.K. Moffatt, Emily Shuckburgh. - Singapore : World Scientific, c2011. - xiv, 315 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm. - Lecture notes series / Institute for Mathematical Sciences, National University of Singapore ; v. 21 . - Lecture notes series (National University of Singapore. Institute for Mathematical Sciences) ; v. 21. .

'The Institute for Mathematical Sciences at the National University of Singapore hosted a Spring School on Fluid Dynamics and Geophysics of Environmental Hazards from 19 April to 2 May 2009. This volume contains the content of the nine short lecture courses given at this School...'--Back cover.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9789814313285 (hbk.) RM254.09 9814313289


Climatic extremes--Congresses.
Atmospheric turbulence--Congresses.
Natural disasters--Congresses.
Fluid mechanics--Congresses.