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Hurricanes and Typhoons: Past, Present, and Future
Edited by Richard J. Murnane and Kam-biu Liu
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July 2005 -  "Essential reading for anyone who wishes to have a sound understanding of the issues involved and for whom the future implications of a world where a change in the annual number and track of tropical cyclones may have a consequence to their business and personal lives." —Jeremy Hindle, Ceded Reinsurance & Underwriting Risk Manager This book surveys the past, present, and potential future variability of hurricanes and typhoons on a variety of timescales using newly developed approaches based on geological and archival records, in addition to more traditional approaches based on the analysis of the historical record of tropical cyclone tracks. A unique aspect of the book is that it provides an overview of the developing field of paleotempestology, which uses geological, biological, and documentary evidence to reconstruct prehistoric changes in hurricane landfall. The book also presents a particularly wide sampling of ongoing efforts to extend the best track data sets using historical material from many sources, including Chinese archives, British naval logbooks, Spanish colonial records, and early diaries from South Carolina. The book will be of particular interest to tropical meteorologists, geologists, and climatologists as well as to the catastrophe reinsurance industry, graduate students in meteorology, and public employees active in planning and emergency management. About the Authors
Richard J. Murnane manages the Risk Prediction Initiative and is a research scientist at the Bermuda Biological Station for Research. Kam-biu Liu is the James J. Parsons Professor of Geography at Louisiana State University. Hurricanes and Typhoons Past, Present, and Future
Edited by Richard J. Murnane and Kam-biu Liu
$89.50
January, 2005
cloth
464 pages
121 illus.
ISBN: 0-231-12388-4
Columbia University Press
Columbia University Press
212-459-0600
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cup/index.html
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