Tropical Cyclone Disasters-Proceedings of ICSU / WMO

Author: James Lighthill
Language: English
ISBN/ISSN: 7301020864
Published on: 1993-01
Hardcover

This book contains the Proceedings of the ICSU/WMO international symposium on Tropical Cyclone Disasters held in October, 1992, Beijing China , which constituted a part of the Joint Program on tropical Cyclone Disasters adopted by the International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU) and by the World Meteorology Organization (WMO) in recognition of the enumerous loss of life and property that the world population suffers from tropical cyclone disasters.

Part A General Introductory Materials;
Part B.Observation, Data Collection and Assimilation;
Part C. Genesis of tropical Cyclones;
Part D. Tropical Cyclone Forecasting from Numerical Models;
Part E. The Track Followed by a Tropical Cyclone;
Part F. Predicting Changes in a Tropical Cyclone’s Intensity;
Part G. Air-Sea Interaction and Surface waves in Tropical Cyclones;
Part H. Storm Surges Generated by Tropical cyclones;
Part I. Exceptionally Intense Precipitation and Associated Flooding.