Keywords:
Hurricanes-History.
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Electronic books.
Description / Table of Contents:
Kerry Emanuel, one of the world's leading authorities on hurricanes, gives us an engaging account of these awe-inspiring meteorological events, revealing how hurricanes and typhoons have literally altered human history. Offering an account of the physics of the tropical atmosphere, the author explains how benign climates give rise to the most powerful storms in the world and tells what modern science has learned about them. Interwoven with this scientific account are descriptions of some of the most important hurricanes in history and relevant works of art and literature. Boasting more than one hundred color illustrations, from ultra-modern Doppler imagery to classic paintings by Winslow Homer, Divine Wind captures the profound effects that hurricanes have had on humanity.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (296 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780199727346
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=5751194
DDC:
551.55/2/09
Language:
English
Note:
Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrated Passages -- Preface -- 1 Kamikaze -- 2 Anatomy of a Meteorological Monster -- 3 Huracán -- 4 The Tropical Hothouse -- 5 Columbus's Hurricane -- 6 The Tropical Downpour -- 7 France Gives Up La Floride, 1565 -- 8 The Trade Winds -- 9 The Tempest -- 10 Nature's Steam Engine -- 11 The Hurricanes of 1780 -- 12 Hurricane Intensity -- 13 Galveston, 1900 -- 14 Genesis -- 15 Miami, 1926 -- 16 Death and Transfiguration -- 17 Their Eyes Were Watching God: San Felipe and the Okeechobee Disaster of 1928 -- 18 Taking Aim: How Hurricanes Move -- 19 The Labor Day Hurricane of 1935 -- 20 The Storm Surge -- 21 The Great New England Hurricane of 1938 -- 22 Waves -- 23 Bull Halsey's Typhoons -- 24 Rain -- 25 The Hunters -- 26 Hurricane Camille -- 27 Into the Maelstrom: A Photo Essay -- 28 The Great East Pakistan Cyclone of November 1970 -- 29 Forecasting Hurricanes -- 30 Cyclone Tracy -- 31 Hurricane Andrew, 1992 -- 32 Hurricanes and Climate -- Epilogue -- Appendix I: Notable Tropical Cyclones -- Appendix II: Hurricane Records -- Appendix III: Vortex on a Chip -- Sources and Further Reading -- Credits -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
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