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Storms/ edited by Roger Pielke Jr. and Roger Pielke Sr.

Contributor(s): Pielke, Roger, edMaterial type: Text

TextPublication details: London: Routledge, 2000Description: 2 v.: ill., maps; 26 cmISBN: 9780415172394DDC classification: 628.212

Contents:

v. 1. Introduction to storms / Roger A. Pielke, Jr. and Roger A Pielke, Sr.-- Vulnerability to disaster and sustainable development : a general framework for assessing vulnerability / Mary B. Anderson -- Targeting households at risk for storms : community vulnerability mapping / Betty Hearn Morrow -- The WMO and global response to storms / Robert Landis -- Severe storms and the insurance industry / David L. Malmquist and Anthony F. Michaels -- Storm forecasting for emergency response : a United States perspective / Donald R. Wernly and Louis W. Uccellini -- Social science and severe weather warnings / B.E. Aguirre -- Atmospheric observations in weather prediction / R.E. Carbone -- Short-term climate variations : recent accomplishments and issues for future progress / Kevin E. Trenberth -- General characteristics of tropical cyclones / William M. Gray -- Geographic impacts of tropical cyclones / Charles Neumann -- Tropical cyclones during and after landfall / Mark D. Powell -- Climate variability of tropical cyclones : past, present, and future / Christopher W. Landsea -- Wind engineering as related to tropical cyclones / Leighton Cochran -- Tropical cyclone warning-response strategies / Robert L. Southern -- Hurricane evacuation in the United States / Earl J. Baker -- Tropical cyclone impacts in Australia / Gary R. Foley -- Tropical cyclone impacts in India and neighbourhood / S. Raghavan and A.K. Sen Sarma -- Tropical cyclone impacts in China / Lianshou Chen -- Reframing the US hurricane problem / Roger A. Pielke, Jr. -- Overview of extratropical cyclones / Robert E. Davis, Patrick J. Michaels and Bruce P. Hayden -- Storms and the coast / Orrin H. Pilkey, David M. Bush and William J. Neal -- Windstorms associated with extratropical cyclones / John F. Weaver -- The structure, effects, and forecasting of ice storms / Douglas A. Wesley -- Flooding from extratropical cyclones / Kenneth E. Kunkel -- Winter storms over Canada / R.E. Stewart [and others] -- Winter storms in Russia / Natalia Chakina ; Impacts of extratropical cyclones in Cuba / Lino R. Naranjo-Diaz -- Flood forecasting in the lower Mekong basin / Thanongdeth Insisiengmay -- Climate conditions associated with flooding in Changjiang, China / Wang Shou Wu -- v. 2. An overview of mesoscale convective systems / William R. Cotton -- Issues in forecasting mesoscale convective systems : an observational and modeling perspective / Conrad L. Ziegler -- Thunderstorms in a social context / David A. Etkin and Mary Fran Myers -- Lightning / Walter A. Lyons -- Flash floods associated with convective storms / Mark Hjelmfelt -- Tornadoes / Joseph H. Golden -- Hailstorms / H.H. Schiesser and A. Waldvogel -- Mesoscale convective systems over South Africa / Michael Garstang and Peter Tyson -- Impacts of hail in the United States / Stanley A. Changnon -- Flash floods in the United States / Eve Gruntfest -- Storms in Brazil / Maria A.F. Silva Dias -- Mesoscale convective system impacts in Mexico / Humberto Rodriguez -- Progress in understanding windshear and implications on aviation / Robert J. Serafin [and others] -- Polar lows / Erik A. Rasmussen -- Recent research contributions on the South Asian monsoon / T.N. Krishnamurti [and others] -- Space weather prediction / Nelson C. Maynard -- The changing frequency of dust storms through time / A.S. Goudie and N.J. Middleton.

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v. 1. Introduction to storms / Roger A. Pielke, Jr. and Roger A Pielke, Sr.--
Vulnerability to disaster and sustainable development : a general framework for assessing vulnerability / Mary B. Anderson --
Targeting households at risk for storms : community vulnerability mapping / Betty Hearn Morrow --
The WMO and global response to storms / Robert Landis --
Severe storms and the insurance industry / David L. Malmquist and Anthony F. Michaels --
Storm forecasting for emergency response : a United States perspective / Donald R. Wernly and Louis W. Uccellini --
Social science and severe weather warnings / B.E. Aguirre --
Atmospheric observations in weather prediction / R.E. Carbone --
Short-term climate variations : recent accomplishments and issues for future progress / Kevin E. Trenberth --
General characteristics of tropical cyclones / William M. Gray --
Geographic impacts of tropical cyclones / Charles Neumann --
Tropical cyclones during and after landfall / Mark D. Powell --
Climate variability of tropical cyclones : past, present, and future / Christopher W. Landsea --
Wind engineering as related to tropical cyclones / Leighton Cochran --
Tropical cyclone warning-response strategies / Robert L. Southern --
Hurricane evacuation in the United States / Earl J. Baker --
Tropical cyclone impacts in Australia / Gary R. Foley --
Tropical cyclone impacts in India and neighbourhood / S. Raghavan and A.K. Sen Sarma --
Tropical cyclone impacts in China / Lianshou Chen --
Reframing the US hurricane problem / Roger A. Pielke, Jr. --
Overview of extratropical cyclones / Robert E. Davis, Patrick J. Michaels and Bruce P. Hayden --
Storms and the coast / Orrin H. Pilkey, David M. Bush and William J. Neal --
Windstorms associated with extratropical cyclones / John F. Weaver --
The structure, effects, and forecasting of ice storms / Douglas A. Wesley --
Flooding from extratropical cyclones / Kenneth E. Kunkel --
Winter storms over Canada / R.E. Stewart [and others] --
Winter storms in Russia / Natalia Chakina ; Impacts of extratropical cyclones in Cuba / Lino R. Naranjo-Diaz --
Flood forecasting in the lower Mekong basin / Thanongdeth Insisiengmay --
Climate conditions associated with flooding in Changjiang, China / Wang Shou Wu --

v. 2. An overview of mesoscale convective systems / William R. Cotton --
Issues in forecasting mesoscale convective systems : an observational and modeling perspective / Conrad L. Ziegler --
Thunderstorms in a social context / David A. Etkin and Mary Fran Myers --
Lightning / Walter A. Lyons --
Flash floods associated with convective storms / Mark Hjelmfelt --
Tornadoes / Joseph H. Golden --
Hailstorms / H.H. Schiesser and A. Waldvogel --
Mesoscale convective systems over South Africa / Michael Garstang and Peter Tyson --
Impacts of hail in the United States / Stanley A. Changnon --
Flash floods in the United States / Eve Gruntfest --
Storms in Brazil / Maria A.F. Silva Dias --
Mesoscale convective system impacts in Mexico / Humberto Rodriguez --
Progress in understanding windshear and implications on aviation / Robert J. Serafin [and others] --
Polar lows / Erik A. Rasmussen --
Recent research contributions on the South Asian monsoon / T.N. Krishnamurti [and others] --
Space weather prediction / Nelson C. Maynard --
The changing frequency of dust storms through time / A.S. Goudie and N.J. Middleton.

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