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Typhoon Impact and Crisis Management

  • Links the natural sciences and social sciences in typhoon studies
  • Provides information for typhoon crisis management using satellite remote sensing technology
  • Describes links between atmospheric, ocean, and marine ecology
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research (NTHR, volume 40)

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Table of contents (27 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiii
  2. Introduction

    • DanLing Tang, GuangJun Sui
    Pages 1-2
  3. Remote Sensing Observations of Typhoon (Hurricane)

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 3-3
    2. Microwave Instruments for Observing Tropical Cyclones

      • Kristina B. Katsaros, Leonid Mitnik, Peter Black
      Pages 5-61
    3. Typhoon Eye Observations Using SAR and MTSAT

      • A. K. Liu, Y. -H. Cheng, C. -R. Ho, S. -J. Huang, N. -J. Kuo
      Pages 63-79
    4. Satellite Passive and Active Microwave Methods for Arctic Cyclone Studies

      • E. V. Zabolotskikh, L. M. Mitnik, L. P. Bobylev, B. Chapron
      Pages 81-92
    5. Numerical Simulation and Forecasting Techniques for Tropical Cyclones in the South China Sea

      • Qilin Wan, Fangni Lin, Jinnan Yuan, WeiYu Ding, Gad Levy, DanLing Tang
      Pages 93-128
  4. Typhoon Impacts on Environments

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 129-129
    2. Rainfall Prediction for Landfalling Tropical Cyclones: Perspectives of Mitigation

      • Kevin K. W. Cheung, Lisa T.-C. Chang, Yubin Li
      Pages 175-201
  5. Typhoon Impacts on Marine Ecosystems

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 203-203
    2. Typhoon Impacts on the Surface Phytoplankton and Primary Production in the Oceans

      • SuFen Wang, DanLing Tang, Yi Sui, Gang Pan, Dmitry Pozdnyakov
      Pages 205-218
    3. Typhoon Impacts on Subsurface Marine Ecosystems

      • DanLing Tang, Hai Jun Ye, Yi Sui, Y. D. Afanasyev, SuFen Wang
      Pages 219-240
    4. A Pilot Satellite-Based Investigation of the Impact of a Deep Polar Cyclone Propagation on the Phytoplankton Chlorophyll Spatial and Temporal Dynamics in the Arctic Ocean

      • Dmitry Pozdnyakov, DanLing Tang, Leonid Bobylev, Pavel Golubkin, Elizaveta Zabolotskikh, Dmitry Petrenko et al.
      Pages 241-251
    5. Effects of Typhoon on Seagrass Distribution

      • DingTian Yang, ChaoYu Yang
      Pages 253-266
    6. Impacts of Typhoons on Nutrient Supply and Potential Fish Production in the Southern East China Sea

      • Chin-Chang Hung, Gwo-Ching Gong, Ming-An Lee, Cheng-Hsin Liao, Yi Chang, Yung-Yen Shih et al.
      Pages 267-282
    7. Typhoon Impacts on Fishery in the South China Sea

      • DanLing Tang, Jie Yu, SuFen Wang, Gang Pan
      Pages 283-309
  6. Typhoon Impacts and Global Changes

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 311-311

About this book

Major natural hazards have sparked growing public concern worldwide. This book provides new information on Typhoon Impact and Crisis Management using satellite remote sensing technology, linking the natural sciences and social sciences in typhoon studies. It examines remote sensing observations of typhoons (hurricanes), typhoon impacts on the environment, typhoon impacts on marine ecosystems, typhoon impacts and global changes, typhoon (hurricane) impacts on economics, and crisis management for typhoon (hurricane) disasters.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Chinese Academy of Sciences, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Guangzhou, China

    Dan Ling Tang

  • Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, Guangzhou, China

    Guangjun Sui

About the editors

Danling Tang is an expert on remote sensing of marine ecology and oceanic environment. She is a former Fudan University professor and currently a professor of the South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Her major research interests include ocean dynamics of phytoplankton bloom, global environmental changes, and impacts of natural hazards on marine ecosystem. 
Dr. Tang collaborates with many international scientific organizations. She is the President-Elect of Pan Ocean Remote Sensing Association, Councilor of the American Geophysical Union, and member of the Board of Directors of PACON International, the Vice Chair of Sub-Commission A2-Ocean Dynamics and Productivity, Committee on Space Research (COASPAR). She has collaborated on several UNEP projects. Dr. Tang has published approximately 150 research papers, including 70 papers in international journal. One book Remote Sensing of the Changing Oceans was published in 2011(by Springer). She has received numerous awards for her success, including the Zayed Award Diploma, Ocean Service Awards, and the national honorary title of China - National 3•8 Red-banner Pacesetter. Dr. Tang received her PhD from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and has conducted research and taught in Hong Kong, the United States, Japan, and South Korea. In 2004, she returned to China with the “100 Talents Program”of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Dr. Sui Guangjun, a full professor, is the former President of Guangdong University of Foreign Studies (GDUFS), and currently the Chairman of University management committee of GDUFS, Executive Vice-director of Guangdong Research Institute of International Strategy. He has undertaken research and study programs in foreign universities such as University of Maryland in the U.S., University of Amsterdam in Denmark, Lancaster University in Britain, and Chulalongkorn University in Thailand. From 1992 to April, 2001, he has successively heldthe posts of Deputy Director of Institute of Hong Kong and Macao Economy Studies, Director of Department of Business Administration, Executive Vice-dean of Management School, Director of Center for Post-doctoral Program in Applied Economy, Head of Enterprise Development Research Institute, which is the Key Research Center of Humanities and Social Science in Guangdong colleges and universities, and Director of Education Center of MBA, in Jinan University (China). Dr. Sui served as Dean of Management School, Jinan University in Nov. 2001. Later, He was installed as the Vice President of GDUFS in Sep, and President of GDUFS in July, 2008. From Oct, 2009 till now, he served as Executive Vice-dean of Guangdong International Strategy Research Institution. Dr. Sui’s major research area include industrial economy, strategy management and innovation and crisis management.

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eBook USD 129.00
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Softcover Book USD 169.99
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