Divine Wind: The History and Science of HurricanesOxford University Press, 1. sep. 2005 - 296 sider 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 the most powerful storms in the world and tells what modern science has learned about them. Interwoven with this scientific account are descriptions of some of the most important hurricanes in history and relevant works of art and literature. For instance, he describes the 17th-century hurricane that likely inspired Shakespeare's The Tempest and that led to the British colonization of Bermuda. 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 Johnstown Flood, and the Okeechobee Hurricane co Boasting more than one hundred color illustrations, frommbined. Boasting more than one hundred color illustrations, from ultra-modern Doppler imagery to classic paintings by Winslow Homer, Divine Wind captures the profound effects that hurricanes have had on humanity. Its fascinating blend of history, science, and art will appeal to weather junkies, science buffs, and everyone who read Isaac's Storm. |
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... track , And vesper lit her dazzling lamp to guide the wanderer back . The idle sails now flap die mast , no breeze disturbs the sea , And through Lagg Bar the angry tide for once steals silently : The boatmen press the pliant oars , and ...
... track , And vesper lit her dazzling lamp to guide the wanderer back . The idle sails now flap die mast , no breeze disturbs the sea , And through Lagg Bar the angry tide for once steals silently : The boatmen press the pliant oars , and ...
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... track a sudden gloom has passed , As if the night her sombre veil across die day had cast ; A vivid flash lights up that gloom , the sudden thunder rolls- It peals along the startled heavens , and roars around die poles . The gushing ...
... track a sudden gloom has passed , As if the night her sombre veil across die day had cast ; A vivid flash lights up that gloom , the sudden thunder rolls- It peals along the startled heavens , and roars around die poles . The gushing ...
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... track of all the accelerations experi- enced by the aircraft . By integrating these accel- erations over time , one can find the aircraft's velocity over the ground , and by integrating these velocities in time , one can determine the ...
... track of all the accelerations experi- enced by the aircraft . By integrating these accel- erations over time , one can find the aircraft's velocity over the ground , and by integrating these velocities in time , one can determine the ...
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... track of every mol- ecule of air and must work instead using fairly sizable chunks of air . In even the most advanced models , these chunks of air are many cubic kilometers in volume . The inaccuracies intro- duced by dividing up the ...
... track of every mol- ecule of air and must work instead using fairly sizable chunks of air . In even the most advanced models , these chunks of air are many cubic kilometers in volume . The inaccuracies intro- duced by dividing up the ...
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... track ; hence , any storm or tempest in which the wind blows with terrific violence . —Oxford English Dictionary Hurricane : ( Many regional names . ) A tropical cyclone with 1 - min average surface ( 10 m ) winds in excess of 32 m s1 ...
... track ; hence , any storm or tempest in which the wind blows with terrific violence . —Oxford English Dictionary Hurricane : ( Many regional names . ) A tropical cyclone with 1 - min average surface ( 10 m ) winds in excess of 32 m s1 ...
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5 Columbuss Hurricane | 30 |
6 The Tropical Downpour | 34 |
7 France Gives Up La Floride 1565 | 38 |
8 The Trade Winds | 41 |
21 The Great New England Hurricane of 1938 | 155 |
22 Waves | 165 |
23 Bull Halseys Typhoons | 174 |
24 Rain | 182 |
25 The Hunters | 193 |
26 Hurricane Camille | 205 |
A Photo Essay | 213 |
28 The Great East Pakistan Cyclone of November 1970 | 221 |
9 The Tempest | 49 |
10 Natures Steam Engine | 54 |
11 The Hurricanes of 1780 | 63 |
12 Hurricane Intensity | 72 |
13 Galveston 1900 | 83 |
14 Genesis | 93 |
15 Miami 1926 | 104 |
16 Death and Transfiguration | 109 |
San Felipe and the Okeechobee Disaster of 1928 | 117 |
How Hurricanes Move | 125 |
19 The Labor Day Hurricane of 1935 | 136 |
20 The Storm Surge | 147 |
29 Forecasting Hurricanes | 227 |
30 Cyclone Tracy | 240 |
31 Hurricane Andrew 1992 | 245 |
32 Hurricanes and Climate | 252 |
Epilogue | 260 |
Notable Tropical Cyclones | 262 |
Hurricane Records | 267 |
Vortex on a Chip | 268 |
Sources and Further Reading | 269 |
Credits | 275 |
Index | 278 |
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