Historical Hurricane Tracks
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Page : pages
File Size : 17,55 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Hurricanes
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Page : pages
File Size : 17,55 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Hurricanes
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Author : Richard J. Murnane
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 494 pages
File Size : 36,99 MB
Release : 2004-12-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780231509282
This book surveys the past, present, and potential future variability of hurricanes and typhoons on a variety of timescales using newly developed approaches based on geological and archival records, in addition to more traditional approaches based on the analysis of the historical record of tropical cyclone tracks. A unique aspect of the book is that it provides an overview of the developing field of paleotempestology, which uses geological, biological, and documentary evidence to reconstruct prehistoric changes in hurricane landfall. The book also presents a particularly wide sampling of ongoing efforts to extend the best track data sets using historical material from many sources, including Chinese archives, British naval logbooks, Spanish colonial records, and early diaries from South Carolina. The book will be of particular interest to tropical meteorologists, geologists, and climatologists as well as to the catastrophe reinsurance industry, graduate students in meteorology, and public employees active in planning and emergency management.
Author : Jay Barnes
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 19,7 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0807830682
Featuring a comprehensive chronology of more than one hundred different storms, an informative and up-to-date account of the major hurricanes to hit Florida over the past four and a half centuries, and their human cost, includes more than one hundred illustrations and seventy-six maps. Simultaneous. UP.
Author : Jennifer E. Jones
Publisher :
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 50,65 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Abandonment of property
ISBN :
Coastal North Carolina has had a long and intimate relationship with severe weather events, the outcome of which has affected the physical, economical, and social structures of the State. The primary objective of this thesis is to investigate historical storm occurrences in coastal North Carolina in order to determine a correlation between weather disasters and the initial settlement, sustained occupation, or abandonment of occupied lands. Utilizing geographic information systems (GIS) to explore historical hurricane tracks and shipwreck and land site loss, spatial and temporal analysis can provide insight into how the disaster landscape is reflected in settlement patterns and loss versus survivability, as well as the social, economic, or environmental factors that have shaped continued and subsequent settlement and trade in coastal North Carolina.
Author : James B. Elsner
Publisher : New York : Oxford University Press
Page : 508 pages
File Size : 49,29 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780195125085
As people continue to develop coastal areas, society's liability to hurricanes will dramatically increase, regardless of changes in the environment. This book addresses these key issues, providing a detailed examination of
Author : Fred Doehring
Publisher : Florida Sea Grant College Program
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 43,28 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Hurricanes
ISBN :
This book presents, by historical periods, a summary of the hurricanes and tropical storms that struck Florida's more than 1200-mile long coastline during the 122 years from 1871 through 1993. It traces the history of hurricanes and tropical storms, using data from satellites to personal letters of people who lived through the storms. The book includes photographs from newspapers dating back into the early 1900s showing damage to downtown Miami, trains swept off their tracks, sunken ships and more. The primary goal in preparing this book was to update the historical work as it pertains to Florida, to consolidate and standardize technical terms published at the beginning of each hurricane season on hurricane tracking maps, and to introduce the following new material pertaining to Florida: (1) a detailed historical discussion, (2) a chronological listing of all Florida hurricanes, (3) 13 plates of hurricane and tropical storm tracks grouped into 10-year increments, and (4) a table showing the number of tropical storms and hurricanes by 10-year increments.
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Publisher : Ice Press
Page : 165 pages
File Size : 23,79 MB
Release : 2015-01-07
Category : Science
ISBN :
This book is generated based on annual hurricane tracking chart publicly available at National Hurricane Center (www.nhc.noaa.gov).
Author : Gee & Jenson, Consulting Engineers, Inc
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 11,78 MB
Release : 1975*
Category : Hurricanes
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Author : Rick Schwartz
Publisher : Blue Diamond Books
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 20,67 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780978628000
This reference traces the region's 400-year recorded hurricane history, from Jamestown to the present, drawing on accounts in newspaper articles, books, private journals, and interviews. Emphasizing the human side of a hurricane's aftermath rather than scientific aspects, each hurricane account tells how individuals and communities reacted to the storms. Storms are profiled in year-by-year entries from the 1600's to the current century.
Author : Anthony Lupo
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 634 pages
File Size : 30,82 MB
Release : 2011-04-19
Category : Science
ISBN : 9533072385
This book represents recent research on tropical cyclones and their impact, and a wide range of topics are covered. An updated global climatology is presented, including the global occurrence of tropical cyclones and the terrestrial factors that may contribute to the variability and long-term trends in their occurrence. Research also examines long term trends in tropical cyclone occurrences and intensity as related to solar activity, while other research discusses the impact climate change may have on these storms. The dynamics and structure of tropical cyclones are studied, with traditional diagnostics employed to examine these as well as more modern approaches in examining their thermodynamics. The book aptly demonstrates how new research into short-range forecasting of tropical cyclone tracks and intensities using satellite information has led to significant improvements. In looking at societal and ecological risks, and damage assessment, authors investigate the use of technology for anticipating, and later evaluating, the amount of damage that is done to human society, watersheds, and forests by land-falling storms. The economic and ecological vulnerability of coastal regions are also studied and are supported by case studies which examine the potential hazards related to the evacuation of populated areas, including medical facilities. These studies provide decision makers with a potential basis for developing improved evacuation techniques.