Title Rogue and Shock Waves in Nonlinear Dispersive Media Author(s) Onorato, Miguel;Resitori, Stefania;Baronio, Fabio Publication Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2016. Description XIII, 370 p. 152 illus., 132 illus. in color : online resource Abstract Note This self-contained set of lectures addresses a gap in the literature by providing a systematic link between the theoretical foundations of the subject matter and cutting-edge applications in both geophysical fluid dynamics and nonlinear optics. Rogue and shock waves are phenomena that may occur in the propagation of waves in any nonlinear dispersive medium. Accordingly, they have been observed in disparate settings ??? as ocean waves, in nonlinear optics, in Bose-Einstein condensates, and in plasmas. Rogue and dispersive shock waves are both characterized by the development of extremes: for the former, the wave amplitude becomes unusually large, while for the latter, gradients reach extreme values. Both aspects strongly influence the statistical properties of the wave propagation and are thus considered together here in terms of their underlying theoretical treatment. This book offers a self-contained graduate-level text intended as both an introduction and reference guide for a new generation of scientists working on rogue and shock wave phenomena across a broad range of fields in applied physics and geophysics ISBN,Price 9783319392141 Keyword(s) 1. Applications of Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos Theory 2. EBOOK 3. EBOOK - SPRINGER 4. Fluid- and Aerodynamics 5. FLUIDS 6. GEOPHYSICS 7. Geophysics and Environmental Physics 8. Geophysics/Geodesy 9. LASERS 10. Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices 11. PHOTONICS 12. STATISTICAL PHYSICS Item Type eBook Multi-Media Links Please Click here for eBook Circulation Data Accession#   Call# Status Issued To Return Due On Physical Location I10253     On Shelf