Open access peer-reviewed Edited Volume

Recent Hurricane Research - Climate, Dynamics, and Societal Impacts

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Anthony Lupo
Anthony Lupo

University of Missouri,
United States of America

Published19 April 2011

Doi10.5772/592

ISBN978-953-307-238-8

eBook (PDF) ISBN978-953-51-4907-1

Copyright year2011

Number of pages632

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Table of Contents

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2. Influence of Cosmophysical Phenomena and African Dust on Hurricanes Genesis

By Jorge Pérez-Peraza, Víctor Manuel Velasco Herrera and Igor Libin

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5. Hurricane Intensity, Sea Surface Temperature, and Stochastic Variation

By Kenneth T. Bogen, Larry E. Fischer and Edwin D. Jones

3,442
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8. Barotropic Aspects of Hurricane Structural and Intensity Variability

By Eric A. Hendricks, Hung-Chi Kuo, Melinda S. Peng and Daniel Hodyss

2,171
9. Studies of the Hurricane Evolution Based on Modern Thermodynamics

By Chongjian Liu, Ying Liu, Zhexian Luo, Xiaotu Lei, Donghai Wang and Xiaogang Zhou

3,117
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4,196
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12. Air-sea Interaction under Hurricane Wind Conditions

By Yuliya Troitskaya, Daniil Sergeev, Alexander Kandaurov and Vasilii Kazakov

2,443
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18. Modelling Hurricane Related Hazards and Risk through GIS for Early Warning Systems

By Andrea Taramelli, Massimiliano Pasqui, Laura Melelli, Monia Santini and Alessandro Sorichetta

3,253
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19. Geospatial Technique for Rapid Delineation of Potential Hurricane Damage

By William H. Cooke III, John C. Rodgers and Katarzyna Grala

2,621
3,973
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22. Factors Associated with Hurricane Evacuation in North Carolina

By Horney, JA, MacDonald, PDM, Berke, P, Van Willigen, M and Kaufman, JS

3,370
23. The Role of Non-Recurring Congestion in Massive Hurricane Evacuation Events

By Daniel J. Fonseca, Gary P. Moynihan and Huston Fernandes

2,104
24. Hurricanes Katrina and Rita - Effects on Children’s Healthcare

By Gensure, Robert Charles, Ponnapakkam and Adharsh

2,193
25. Hurricane Evacuations of the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

By Marc Oliver Maybauer, Michael Megna, Sven Asmussen and Dirk Manfred Maybauer

3,530
28. Hurricane Georges Accelerated Litterfall Fluxes of a 26 yr-old Novel Secondary Forest in Puerto Rico

By Ariel E. Lugo, Carlos M. Domínguez Cristóbal, and Noemí Méndez

2,373
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