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Irreversible Phenomena and Dynamical Systems Analysis in Geosciences

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  • © 1987

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Editors:
  1. C. Nicolis

    1. Institut d’Aéronomie Spatiale de Belgique, Brussels, Belgium

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  2. G. Nicolis

    1. Faculté des Sciences, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium

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Part of the book series: Nato Science Series C: (ASIC, volume 192)

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Table of contents (28 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. Dynamical Systems, Stability and Bifurcation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Bifurcation and Stochastic Analysis of Nonlinear Systems: An Introduction

      • G. Nicolis
      Pages 3-29

    3. Catastrophe Theory in Geophysics

      • J. F. Nye
      Pages 31-40

  3. Geophysical Fluid Dynamics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 41-41
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    2. Patterns of Heat Transfer by Thermal Convection in a Rotating Fluid Subject to a Horizontal Temperature Gradient: A Summary

      • Raymond Hide
      Pages 43-51

    3. Convection in Spherical Systems

      • P. H. Roberts
      Pages 53-71

    4. Dynamo Theory

      • P. H. Roberts
      Pages 73-133

    5. Nonpropagating Solitons and Edge Waves

      • S. Putterman
      Pages 135-138

    6. Universal Power Spectra for Wave Turbulence; Applications to Wind Waves and 1/f Noise

      • A. Larraza, S. Putterman
      Pages 139-144

    7. Fluctuations and Dissipation in Problems of Geophysical Fluid Dynamics

      • Katja Lindenberg, Bruce J. West, J. Kottalam
      Pages 145-156

  5. Climate Dynamics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 311-311
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    2. Nonlinear Phenomena in Climate Dynamics

      • M. Ghil
      Pages 313-320

    3. Climatic Predictability and Dynamical Systems

      • C. Nicolis
      Pages 321-354
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Institut d’Aéronomie Spatiale de Belgique, Brussels, Belgium

    C. Nicolis

  • Faculté des Sciences, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium

    G. Nicolis

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Irreversible Phenomena and Dynamical Systems Analysis in Geosciences

  • Editors: C. Nicolis, G. Nicolis

  • Series Title: Nato Science Series C:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4778-8

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, Holland 1987

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-277-2363-5Published: 30 November 1986

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-8620-2Published: 13 October 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-4778-8Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 1389-2185

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIX, 578

  • Topics: Atmospheric Sciences

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