Divine Wind The History and Science of Hurricanes

Name: Divine Wind The History and Science of Hurricanes
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ISBN: 9780195149418

ISBN-10: 0195149416

ISBN-13: 9780195149418

Edition: 2005

Authors: Kerry Emanuel

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Imagine standing at the center of a Roman coliseum that is 20 miles across, with walls that soar 10 miles into the sky, towering walls with cascades of ice crystals falling along its brilliantly white surface. That's what it's like to stand in the eye of a hurricane. In Divine Wind, 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, thwarting military incursions and changing the course of explorations. Offering an account of the physics of the tropical atmosphere, the author explains how such benign climates give rise to…

Book details

List price: $61.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/1/2005
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 296
Size: 11.46" wide x 8.74" long x 0.87" tall
Weight: 2.750
Language: English



List of Illustrated Passages


Preface



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



Hurricane Andrew, 1992



Hurricanes and Climate


Epilogue



Notable Tropical Cyclones



Hurricane Records



Vortex on a Chip


Sources and Further Reading


Credits


Index