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Seismic Wave Propagation and Scattering in the Heterogeneous Earth
Springer 2012; US$ 179.99Seismic waves - generated both by natural earthquakes and by man-made sources - have produced an enormous amount of information about the Earth's interior. In classical seismology, the Earth is modeled as a sequence of uniform horizontal layers (or spherical shells) having different elastic properties and one determines these properties from travel... more...
A Concise Introduction to the Statistical Physics of Complex Systems
Springer 2011; US$ 39.99This concise primer (based on lectures given at summer schools on complex systems and on a masters degree course in complex systems modeling) will provide graduate students and newcomers to the field with the basic knowledge of the concepts and methods of statistical physics and its potential for application to interdisciplinary topics. Indeed, in... more...
Analytic Methods of Sound Field Synthesis
Springer 2012; US$ 99.99This book puts the focus on serving human listeners in the sound field synthesis although the approach can be also exploited in other applications such as underwater acoustics or ultrasonics. The author derives a fundamental formulation based on standard integral equations and the single-layer potential approach is identified as a useful tool in order... more...
Computation and Asymptotics
Springer 2012; US$ 39.99This book addresses the task of computation from the standpoint of asymptotic analysis and multiple scales that may be inherent in the system dynamics being studied. This is in contrast to the usual methods of numerical analysis and computation. The technical literature is replete with numerical methods such as Runge-Kutta approach and its variations,... more...
Precipitation Modeling and Quantitative Analysis
Springer 2011; US$ 139.99The book examines surface rainfall processes through cloud-resolving modeling and quantitative analysis of surface rainfall budget and summarizes modeling and analysis results in recent seven years. The book shows validation of precipitation modeling against observations and derives a set of diagnostic precipitation equations. The book provides detailed... more...
Singularities in Elliptic Boundary Value Problems and Elasticity and Their Connection with Failure Initiation
Springer 2011; US$ 99.99This introductory and self-contained book gathers as much explicit mathematical results on the linear-elastic and heat-conduction solutions in the neighborhood of singular points in two-dimensional domains, and singular edges and vertices in three-dimensional domains. These are presented in an engineering terminology for practical usage. The author... more...
Governing the Uncertain
Springer 2012; US$ 99.99The book introduces adaptation to impacts of climate change as an issue of governance. Adaptation governance is closely related to existing political and administrative practices. Responsibilisation is a particular technique of governance which works by scattering responsibility to adapt among societal actors and between different levels of government.... more...
Klimageschichte der Neuzeit
WBG - Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft 2012; US$ 13.04Hauptbeschreibung Heute fürchten wir, das Klima durch Menschwerk irreversibel zum Schlechten zu ändern. Jahrhundertelang aber war das Klima ein Faktum, welches zwar durch den Menschen nicht beeinflusst werden konnte, den Lauf der Geschichte jedoch entscheidend bestimmte. Siedlungsräume und agrarische Anbaumöglichkeiten änderten sich mit Klimaschwankungen... more...









