Author : David Longshore
Publisher : Checkmark Books
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 20,38 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780816033980
An illustrated reference guide to hurricanes, typhoons and cyclones from meteorological, historical and cultural aspects.
Author : Jan Harff
Publisher : Springer
Page : 1000 pages
File Size : 19,46 MB
Release : 2021-01-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789400766440
Globally growing demand of energy and mineral resources, reliable future projection of climate processes and the protection of coasts to mitigate the threats of disasters and hazards require a comprehensive understanding of the structure, ongoing processes and genesis of the marine geosphere. Beyond the “classical” research fields in marine geology in current time more general concepts have been evolved integrating marine geophysics, hydrography, marine biology, climatology and ecology. As an umbrella the term “marine geosciences” has been broadly accepted for this new complex field of research and the solutions of practical tasks in the marine realm. The “Encyclopedia of Marine Geosciences” comprises the current knowledge in marine geosciences whereby not only basic but also applied and technical sciences are covered. Through this concept a broad scale of users in the field of marine sciences and techniques is addressed from students and scholars in academia to engineers and decision makers in industry and politics.
Author : Thomas F Malone
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 24,7 MB
Release : 1951
Category :
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Author : David Longshore
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 481 pages
File Size : 30,17 MB
Release : 2010-05-12
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1438118791
Presents a detailed encyclopedia of named hurricanes, typhoons and cyclones, descriptions of storm activity, definitions of meteorological terms, and more.
Author : Jen Green
Publisher : Copper Beach Books
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 13,14 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780761308676
Explains the causes and effects of hurricanes and typhoons and examines their environmental impact and how they can be predicted.
Author : Richard J. Murnane
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 494 pages
File Size : 39,6 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 : Vernon F. Dvorak
Publisher :
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 41,31 MB
Release : 1984
Category : Cyclone forecasting
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Page : 400 pages
File Size : 44,78 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Cyclone tracks
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Author : Roland Stull
Publisher : Sundog Publishing, LLC
Page : 942 pages
File Size : 28,58 MB
Release : 2018
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780888652836
A quantitative introduction to atmospheric science for students and professionals who want to understand and apply basic meteorological concepts but who are not ready for calculus.
Author : Johnny C L Chan
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 445 pages
File Size : 27,49 MB
Release : 2010-04-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9814465828
This book is a completely rewritten, updated and expanded new edition of the original Global Perspectives on Tropical Cyclones published in 1995. It presents a comprehensive review of the state of science and forecasting of tropical cyclones together with the application of this science to disaster mitigation, hence the tag: From Science to Mitigation.Since the previous volume, enormous progress in understanding tropical cyclones has been achieved. These advances range from the theoretical through to ever more sophisticated computer modeling, all underpinned by a vast and growing range of observations from airborne, space and ocean observation platforms. The growth in observational capability is reflected by the inclusion of three new chapters on this topic. The chapter on the effects of climate change on tropical cyclone activity is also new, and appropriate given the recent intense debate on this issue. The advances in the understanding of tropical cyclones which have led to significant improvements in forecasting track, intensity, rainfall and storm surge, are reviewed in detail over three chapters. For the first time, a chapter on seasonal prediction is included. The book concludes with an important chapter on disaster mitigation, which is timely given the enormous loss of life in recent tropical cyclone disasters.World Scientific Series on Asia-Pacific Weather and Climate is indexed in SCOPUS.
