GLOBAL TROPICAL CYCLOGENESIS
This book presents the first physical findings of an investigation into the spatio-temporal characteristics of the global tropical cyclogenesis. Since Global Tropical Cyclogenesis was first published in 2001, many important scientific results have been ob
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Eugene A. Sharkov
Global Tropical Cyclogenesis (Second Edition)
Published in association with
Praxis Publishing Chichester, UK
Professor Eugene A. Sharkov Head of ‘‘Earth Exploration from Space’’ Department Space Research Institute Profsouznayastr., 84/32 Russian Academy of Sciences Moscow Russia, 117997
SPRINGER–PRAXIS BOOKS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ISBN 978-3-642-13295-7 e-ISBN 978-3-642-13296-4 DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-13296-4 Springer Heidelberg Dordrecht London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2011936539 # Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2012 First Edition published 2000 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilm or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Violations are liable to prosecution under the German Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. Cover design: Jim Wilkie Project management: OPS Ltd., Gt. Yarmouth, Norfolk, U.K. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer ScienceþBusiness Media (www.springer.com)
Contents
Preface to the Second Edition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Preface to the First Edition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
xvii
List of figures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
xxi
List of tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
xxix
List of abbreviations and acronyms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxxiii 1
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Introduction: Scientific and applied rationales for the study of tropical cyclogenesis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1 International efforts on tropical cyclogenesis study . . . . . . . . . . 1.2 Present state of the art of tropical cyclogenesis study . . . . . . . 1.2.1 What do we know? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.2.2 What do we not know? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.2.3 What tools are available to us now? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Global tropical cyclogenesis as a stochastic process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.1 Information signal model: Simulation, cumulation . . . . . . . . . . 2.2 Annual single-component stochastic model of global tropical cyclogenesis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.2.1 Time series and cumulative functions of global tropical cyclogenesis . . . . . . . . . .
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