TY - BOOK AU - Chávez,Mario Humberto AU - Ghil,Michael AU - Urrutia Fucugauchi,Jaime TI - Extreme events: observations, modeling, and economics T2 - Geophysical monograph series SN - 9781119157014 AV - HC79.E5 E987 2016 PY - 2016///] CY - [Hoboken] New Jersey, Washington, D.C. PB - Wiley, American Geophysical Union KW - Environmental economics KW - Mathematical models KW - Natural disasters KW - Extreme value theory KW - fast N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Applications of Extreme Value Theory to Environmental Data Analysis; Gwladys Toulemonde, Pierre Ribereau, and Philippe Naveau --; Dynamical Systems Approach to Extreme Events; Catherine Nicolis and Gregoire Nicolis --; Skill of Data-based Predictions versus Dynamical Models: A Case Study on Extreme Temperature Anomalies; Stefan Siegert, Jochen Bröcker, and Holger Kantz --; Detecting and Anticipating Climate Tipping Points; Timothy M. Lenton and Valerie N. Livina --; Understanding ENSO Variability and Its Extrema: A Delay Differential Equation Approach; Michael Ghil and Ilya Zaliapin --; Drivers of Extreme Space Weather Events: Fast Coronal Mass Ejections; Alexander Ruzmaikin, Joan Feynman, and Stilian Stoev --; Chicxulub Asteroid Impact: An Extreme Event at the Cretaceous/Paleogene Boundary; Jaime Urrutia-Fucugauchi and Ligia Pérez-Cruz --; Weather and Climatic Drivers of Extreme Flooding Events over the Midwest of the United States; Andrew W. Robertson, Yochanan Kushnir, Upmanu Lall, and Jennifer Nakamura --; Analysis of the Hazards and Vulnerability of the Cancun Beach System: The Case of Hurricane Wilma; Edgar Mendoza, Rodolfo Silva, Cecilia Enriquez-Ortiz, Ismael Mariño-Tapia, and Angélica Felix --; Observations and Modeling of Environmental and Human Damage Caused by the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami; Kazuhisa Goto, Fumihiko Imamura, Shunichi Koshimura, and Hideaki Yanagisawa --; Extreme Capillary Wave Events Under Parametric Excitation; Michael G. Shats, Hua Xia, and Horst Punzmann --; A Review of Great Magnitude Earthquakes and Associated Tsunamis along the Guerrero, Mexico Pacific Coast: A Multiproxy Approach; María-Teresa Ramírez-Herrera, Néstor Corona, and Gerardo Suárez --; Landslide Risk to the Population of Italy and Its Geographical and Temporal Variations; Paola Salvati, Mauro Rossi, Cinzia Bianchi, and Fausto Guzzetti --; An Extreme Event Approach to Volcanic Hazard Assessment; Servando De la Cruz-Reyna and Ana Teresa Mendoza-Rosas --; Economic Impact of Extreme Events: An Approach Based on Extreme Value Theory; Richard W. Katz --; Extreme Magnitude Earthquakes and Their Direct Economic Impacts: A Hybrid Approach; Mario Chavez, Eduardo Cabrera, Silvia Garcia, Erik Chavez, Mike Ashworth, Narciso Perea, and Alejandro Salazar --; Tropical Cyclones: From the Influence of Climate to Their Socioeconomic Impacts; Suzana J. Camargo and Solomon M. Hsiang --; Impacts of Natural Disasters on a Dynamic Economy; Andreas Groth, Patrice Dumas, Michael Ghil, and Stéphane Hallegatte --; Extreme Tsunami Events in the Mediterranean and Its Impact on the Algerian Coasts; Lubna A. Amir, Walter Dudley, and Brian G. McAdoo --; High-Tech Risks: The 2011 Tôhoku Extreme Events; Heriberta Castaños and Cinna Lomnitz --; On Predictive Understanding of Extreme Events: Pattern Recognition Approach, Prediction Algorithms, Applications to Disaster Preparedness; Vladimir Keilis-Borok, Alexandre Soloviev, and Andrei Gabrielov UR - https://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1620/2016448640-d.html UR - https://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1620/2016448640-t.html ER -