Divine wind : the history and science of hurricanes / Kerry Emanuel.
Divine wind : the history and science of hurricanes / Kerry Emanuel.
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Publisher
New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Date
2005.
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TQ066725
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English
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Physical content
x, 285 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 29 cm.
Contents
1. Kamikaze -- 2. Anatomy of a meteorological monster -- 3. Huracan -- 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. Hurr...
App. II. Hurricane records -- App. III. Vortex on a chip.
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New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2005.
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Summary
We also read about the Galveston Hurricane of 1900, by far the worst natural calamity in U.S. history, with a death toll, between 8,000 and 12,000, that exceeded the San Francisco earthquake, the 1889 Johnstown Flood, and the 1928 Okeechobee Hurricane combined." "With more than one hundred illustrations, from ultra-modern Doppler imagery to classic...
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Divine wind : the history and science of hurricanes / Kerry Emanuel.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Transferred from NQ551.55209/2.
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TQ066725
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74VKqe4RrmEZ
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKqe4RrmEZ
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ISBN
0195149416 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780195149418 (cloth : alk. paper)
DDC
551.55209
MMS ID
991020425869702626
