Science and Policy of Natural Hazards

Lecture Notes

LEC #	TOPICS	FILES
1	Introduction	(PDF - 3.2MB)
Earthquakes
2	Earthquakes	(PDF)
3	Seismic waves	(PDF)
4	Earthquake kinematics	(PDF)
5-6	Earthquake dynamics	(PDF - 1.3MB)
7	Associated phenomena: Tsunami	(PDF) (AVI - 4.0MB) (Courtesy of NOAA.) (MOV - 48.1MB) (Courtesy of NOAA.)
8-9	Earthquake preparedness and warning systems	(PDF)
Hurricanes
10-12	Tropical cyclones	(PDF - 3.0MB)
13-15	The tropical atmosphere: Hurricane incubator	(PDF - 1.7MB)
16-18	Computational models of hurricanes	(PDF - 2.4MB)
Volcanoes
19-21	Volcano overview	(PDF - 1.6MB)
22	Magma generation	(PDF)
23	Magma ascent and eruption	(PDF)
24-26	Volcanic hazards	(PDF - 2.7MB)
27	Volcano hazards (cont.)	(PDF)
Tornadoes and severe weather
28-29	Tornado overview	(PDF - 1.3MB)
30	Moist convection	(PDF)
31	Stability assessment	(PDF)
32	Thunderstorms	(PDF)
33	Mesoscale organization of convection	(PDF)
34	Supercells and tornadoes	(PDF)
35	Forecasting tornadoes	(PDF)