Divine wind : the history and science of hurricanes / Kerry Emanuel.
| Author/creator | Emanuel, Kerry A., 1955- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2005. |
| Description | x, 285 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents only |
| Supplemental Content | Publisher 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 note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-274) and index. |
| LCCN | 2004013078 |
| ISBN | 0195149416 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780195149418 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | QC944 .E43 2005 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |