Orbit Dynamics, Stability and Chaos in Planetary Systems -- Regular and Chaotic Motion in Hamiltonian Systems -- Planet Formation -- Extrasolar Planetary Systems.This book is intended as an introduction to the field of planetary systems at the postgraduate level. It consists of four extensive lectures on Hamiltonian dynamics, celestial mechanics, the structure of extrasolar planetary systems an…
Reasoning About Regions, Relations, and Fields -- Fuzzy Reasoning about Geographic Regions -- Combined Extraction of Directional and Topological Relationship Information from 2D Concave Objects -- Field Based Methods for the Modeling of Fuzzy Spatial Data -- Modeling Localities with Fuzzy Sets and GIS -- Fuzzy Classification -- Mining Weather Data Using Fuzzy Cluster Analysis -- Modelling the F…
Fractals in Geophysics and Seismology: An Introduction -- Fractal Modeling of Complex Subsurface Geological Structures -- The Route to Fractals in Magnetotelluric Exploration of the Crust -- Regularity Analysis Applied to Well Log Data -- Electrokinetic Effect in Fractal Pore Media as Seismoelectric Phenomena -- Fractal Network and Mixture Models for Elastic and Electrical Properties of Porous …
Orbit and Earth Gravity Field -- Earth Magnetic Field -- Neutral Atmosphere and Ionosphere.In the summer of 2000 the German geo-research satellite CHAMP was launched into orbit. Its innovative payload arrangement and the low initial orbit allow CHAMP to simultaneously collect and almost continuously analyse precise data relating to gravity and magnetic fields at low altitude. In addition, CHAMP…
Drift ice material -- Ice kinematics -- Sea ice rheology -- Equation of drift ice motion -- Free drift -- Drift in the presence of internal friction -- Numerical modelling -- Use and need for knowledge on ice drift -- Study problems -- References.The author presents in The Drift of Sea Ice the fundamental laws of sea ice drift which come from the material properties of sea ice and the basic law…
Seismic Hazard and Extreme Motions -- Data Needs for Improved Seismic Hazard Analysis -- Capturing and Limiting Groundmotion Uncertainty in Seismic Hazard Assessment -- Long-Period Ground Motions from Digital Acceleration Recordings: A New Era in Engineering Seismology -- Observed Ground Motions, Extreme Ground Motions, and Physical Limits to Ground Motions -- Engineering Uses of Strong Motion …
Plenary of Submitted Papers -- About Invalid, Valid and Clean Polygons -- 3D Geographic Visualization: The Marine GIS -- Local Knowledge Doesn’t Grow on Trees: Community-Integrated Geographic Information Systems and Rural Community Self-Definition -- Web GIS -- A Flexible Competitive Neural Network for Eliciting User’s Preferences in Web Urban Spaces -- Combining Heterogeneous Spatial Data …
Classification and terminology -- Debris flows in history -- Instability of steep slopes -- Mechanism of landslide-triggered debris flows: Liquefaction phenomena due to the undrained loading of torrent deposits -- Debris-flow mechanics -- Entrainment of material by debris flows -- Hyperconcentrated flow — transitional process between water flow and debris flow -- Subaqueous debris flows -- Vo…
Disturbance, Survival, and Succession: Understanding Ecological Responses to the 1980 Eruption of Mount St. Helens -- Geological and Ecological Settings of Mount St. Helens Before May 18, 1980 -- Physical Events, Environments, and Geological—Ecological Interactions at Mount St. Helens: March 1980–2004 -- Survival and Establishment of Plant Communities -- Plant Responses in Forests of the Te…
Historical perspective -- South Asian monsoon -- East Asian monsoon -- Pan-America -- Australian-Indonesian monsoon -- The oceans -- Air-sea interaction -- Mass, momentum, and geodynamics -- El Niño Southern Oscillation connection -- Theory -- Modeling -- Predictability and forecasting.As the first comprehensive and authoritative review of intra-seasonal variability (ISV), this multi-author wo…