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Windswept : the story of wind and weather / Marq de Villiers.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Walker : Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck Publishers, 2006.Description: viii, 344 p. : ill., map ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 0802714692
  • 9780802714695
DDC classification:
  • 551.51/8 22
LOC classification:
  • QC931 .D48 2006
Contents:
Its mystery and meaning -- Wind's great theatre -- The struggle to understand -- Wind's intricate patterns -- The art of prediction -- The most furious gale -- An ill wind -- The technology of wind.
The technology of wind -- The composition of the modern atmosphere -- The Beaufort scale -- The Saffir-Simpson hurricane scale -- Hurricane strikes in the U.S. -- Canadian tropical cyclone statistics -- World's worst tropical cyclones (hurricanes and typhoons, by year, with casualties) -- Wind speed variation within the hurricane eyewall, by elevation -- Worst winter storms on record -- The Fujita tornado scale -- Worst tornadoes in the twentieth century by year -- Wind force table -- Canadian wind chill index.
Wind's mystery and meaning -- Wind's great theater -- The search for understanding -- Wind's intricate patterns -- The art of prediction -- The most furious gale -- An ill wind -- The technology of wind.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [333]-334) and index.

Its mystery and meaning -- Wind's great theatre -- The struggle to understand -- Wind's intricate patterns -- The art of prediction -- The most furious gale -- An ill wind -- The technology of wind.

The technology of wind -- The composition of the modern atmosphere -- The Beaufort scale -- The Saffir-Simpson hurricane scale -- Hurricane strikes in the U.S. -- Canadian tropical cyclone statistics -- World's worst tropical cyclones (hurricanes and typhoons, by year, with casualties) -- Wind speed variation within the hurricane eyewall, by elevation -- Worst winter storms on record -- The Fujita tornado scale -- Worst tornadoes in the twentieth century by year -- Wind force table -- Canadian wind chill index.

Wind's mystery and meaning -- Wind's great theater -- The search for understanding -- Wind's intricate patterns -- The art of prediction -- The most furious gale -- An ill wind -- The technology of wind.

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