Umfang:
X, 285 S. :
,
Ill., graph. Darst., Kt.
ISBN:
0-19-514941-6
,
978-0-19-514941-8
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
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, 1974 -- Hurricane Andrew, 1992 -- Hurricanes and climate.
Sprache:
Englisch
Fachgebiete:
Geographie
Schlagwort(e):
Hurrikan
URL:
http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=014644677&sequence=000005&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0418/2004013078.html
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0640/2004013078-d.html
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0726/2004013078-b.html