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Author:

Emanuel, Kerry A., 1955-

Title:

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

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2005

Description:

x, 285 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 29 cm.

Subject:

Hurricanes--History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-274) and index.

Contents:

Kamikaze -- Anatomy of a meteorological monster -- Huracán -- 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.

ISBN:

9780195149418
9780195149418 (cloth : alk. paper)
0195149416 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)55616457

LCCN:

2004013078

Locations:

O4AX446 -- Chadwick Library

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Ankeny)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

CEAX572 -- Kirkwood Community College Library (Cedar Rapids)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

KJPF566 -- Fort Madison Public Library (Fort Madison)

S1PD771 -- Johnston Public Library (Johnston)

OTAX626 -- Wilcox Library (Oskaloosa)

OUAX845 -- Dordt University (Sioux Center)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)

PWAX296 -- Southeastern Community College - West Burlington - Yohe Memorial Library (West Burlington)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)