Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter 1 – Changes in Typhoons Over the Last Decades as Given in Observations and Climate Model Simulations (pp. 1-20)
Frauke Feser and Monika Barcikowska (Institute for Coastal Research, Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Geesthacht, Germany and others)

Chapter 2 – Mathematical Simulation of Earthquakes in Regions under Typhoons: Possible Methods for the Risk Prediction; Mathematical Models, Computational Methods and Algorithms (pp.21-98)
Jĭrí Nedoma (Institute of Computer Science, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic)

Chapter 3 – Wind Characteristics of Severe Typhoon and Wind-Induced Structural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete Building in Bayesian Perspective (pp. 99-118)
Sin-Chi Kuok and Ka-Veng Yuen (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Macau, Macao, China)

Chapter 4 – Phytoplankton Response in Relation to the Passage of Typhoons in Coastal Regions (119-138)
Kenji Tsuchiya and Tatsuki Toda (Soka University, Tangi-machi, Hachioji-shi, Tokyo, Japan)

Chapter 5 – Typhoon Swell Prediction and Freak Wave Potential (pp. 139-150)
Nai-Kuang Liang (Professor Emeritus, Institute of Oceanography, National Taiwan University)

Chapter 6 – A Typhoon Disaster Database System (pp.151-166)
Takahiro Kayahara, Shinya Shimokawa and Ryohei Misumi (National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention, Japan)

Chapter 7 – Is It Possible That Rainfall Could Trigger More Large (5.0 ≧ ML ≧3.0) Earthquakes? A Case Study for Taiwan (pp. 167-176 )
Lin Jyh-Woei (National Cheng Kung University, Tainan City, Taiwan)

Chapter 8 – Modeling and Monitoring for Landslide Processes (pp. 177-198)
V. B. Svalova (IEG RAS, Moscow, Russia)

Index