Advances in Geophysics
Academic Press
Published on 22. January 1991
351 pages
978-0-08-056862-1 (ISBN)
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Advances in Geophysics
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Barry Saltzman | Renata Dmowska
Advances in Geophysics: v. 32
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11/1990
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- Front Cover
- Advances in Geophysics, Volume 32
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Chapter 1. Seismicity Induced By Mining
- I. Introduction.
- 2. Seismicity Induced by Surface Mining.
- 3. Seismicity in Underground Mines
- 4. Principal Types of Mine Tremors
- 5. Focal Mechanism
- 6. Seismic Source Modeling
- 7. Seismic Spectra and Source Parameters.
- 8. Scaling Relations.
- 9. Prediction and Prevention.
- 10. Research Perspectives
- 11. Summary
- References
- Chapter 2. Modeling the Pleistocene Ice Ages
- 1. Introduction.
- 2. Model of the World Ocean's Climate
- 3. One-Dimensional Atmospheric Climate Model
- 4. Time-Dependent Model for Continental Ice Cover
- 5. Interaction among Glaciers, Oceans, and Atmosphere
- 6. Simulation of the Present Climate
- 7. Nonuniqueness of Climate
- 8. Sensitivity of the System to Changes in Solar Heat Flux
- 9. The Ice Ages
- 10. The Effect of Positions of the Continents on Climate
- 11. Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 3. Performance of a High-Resolution Mesoscale Tropical Prediction Model
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Dynamical Aspects of the Regional Model
- 3. Physical Processes
- 4. The Landfall of a Tropical Storm
- 5. Sensitivity to Data Sets
- 6. Sensitivity to Lateral Boundary Conditions
- 7. Sensitivity to Horizontal Resolution
- 8. Simulation of a Middle-Latitude Rainfall Event
- 9. Concluding Remarks
- References
- Chapter 4. Symmetries, Conservation Laws. and Hamiltonian Structure in Geophysical Fluid Dynamics
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Finite-Dimensional Dynamical Systems
- 3. Infinite-Dimensional (Continuous) Systems and Noether's Theorem
- 4. Fluid-Dynamical Examples
- 5. Wave-Activity Conservation Laws
- 6. Nonlinear-Stability Theory
- 7. Approximation of Equations
- 8. Energy-Extremization Algorithms
- Appendix: Direct Derivation of the Eulerian Bracket (4.9)
- References
- Index
