Divine wind : the history and science of hurricanes / Kerry Emanuel.

Author/creator Emanuel, Kerry A., 1955-
Format Book
Publication InfoOxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2005.
Descriptionx, 285 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Supplemental ContentPublisher description
Subjects

Contents Kamikaze -- Anatomy of a meteorological monster -- Huracan -- The tropical hothouse -- Columbus's hurricane -- The tropical downpour -- France gives up La Floride, 1565 -- The trade winds -- The tempest -- Nature's steam engine -- The hurricanes of 1780 -- Hurricane intensity -- Galveston, 1900 -- Genesis -- Miami, 1926 -- Death and transfiguration -- Their eyes were watching God : San Felipe and the Okeechobee disaster of 1928 -- Taking aim : how hurricanes move -- The Labor Day hurricane of 1935 -- The storm surge -- The great New England hurricane of 1938 -- Waves -- Bull Halsey's typhoons -- Rain -- The hunters -- Hurricane Camille -- Into the maelstrom : a photo essay -- The great East Pakistan cyclone of November, 1970 -- Forecasting hurricanes -- Cyclone Tracy, 1974 -- Hurricane Andrew, 1992 -- Hurricanes and climate.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 269-274) and index.
LCCN 2004013078
ISBN0195149416 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780195149418

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks QC944 .E43 2005 ✔ Available Place Hold