Format:
1 online resource (505 pages)
ISBN:
9780195352283
Content:
Called the greatest storms on the planet, hurricanes of the North Atlantic Ocean often cause tremendous social and economic upheaval in the United States, Mexico, and the Caribbean. Intended as an intermediary between hurricane climate research and the users of hurricane information, this book provides a comprehensive analysis of North Atlantic hurricanes and what they mean to society. Topics include the climatology of tropical cyclones, the major North Atlantic hurricanes, the forecasting prediction models, and societal vulnerability to hurricanes.
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- 1 Hurricane Characteristics -- 1.1 Descriptions -- 1.2 Definitions -- 1.3 Environment -- 2 Hurricane Categories and Impacts -- 2.1 Life Cycle -- 2.2 The Saffir/Simpson Scale -- 2.3 Storm Surge -- 2.4 Hurricane Tornadoes -- 2.5 Subtropical Cyclones -- 2.6 Tropical Only Hurricanes -- 2.7 Baroclinically Enhanced Hurricanes -- 2.8 On Frogs and Hurricanes -- 2.9 Extratropical Cyclones -- 3 Hurricane Climate Data -- 3.1 Data Sources -- 3.2 Technological Advances -- 3.3 Classifications -- 3.4 Proxy Data -- 4 North Atlantic Hurricanes -- 4.1 Abundance -- 4.2 Season Length -- 4.3 Intensity and Duration -- 4.4 Origin -- 4.5 Tracks -- 4.6 Dissipation -- 5 Tropical Only Hurricanes -- 5.1 Designation -- 5.2 Abundance -- 5.3 Season Length -- 5.4 Intensity and Duration -- 5.5 Origin -- 5.6 Tracks -- 5.7 Dissipation -- 6 Baroclinically Enhanced Hurricanes -- 6.1 Middle Latitude Influence -- 6.2 Abundance -- 6.3 Season Length -- 6.4 Intensity and Duration -- 6.5 Origin -- 6.6 Tracks -- 6.7 Dissipation -- 6.8 Baroclinically Initiated Hurricanes -- 7 Major Hurricanes -- 7.1 Maximum Intensity -- 7.2 Abundance -- 7.3 Season Length -- 7.4 Origin and Dissipation -- 7.5 Duration -- 7.6 Tracks -- 7.7 Major U.S. Hurricanes -- 8 U.S. Hurricanes -- 8.1 Data Sources -- 8.2 Landfalls -- 8.3 Frequencies -- 8.4 Relation to Basin-Wide Activity -- 8.5 Decadal Variability -- 8.6 Annual and Seasonal Frequencies -- 8.7 Landfalls by Category -- 8.8 Preferred Paths -- 9 Hurricanes of Puerto Rico, Jamaica, and Bermuda -- 9.1 Hurricanes of Puerto Rico -- 9.2 Hurricanes of Jamaica -- 9.3 Hurricanes of Bermuda -- 10 Hurricane Cycles and Trends -- 10.1 Time Series Analysis -- 10.2 Superposed Epochs -- 10.3 Hurricane Trends -- 11 Hurricane Return Periods -- 11.1 Recurrence Intervals -- 11.2 Return Periods -- 11.3 Limitations -- 11.4 Trends.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780195125085
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Elsner, James B. Hurricanes of the North Atlantic New York [u.a.] : Oxford University Press, 1999 ISBN 0195125088
Language:
English
Subjects:
Geography
Keywords:
Atlantischer Ozean
;
Hurrikan
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