Extreme Weather: A Guide And Record BookW. W. Norton & Company, 26/06/2007 - 303 páginas The ultimate weather book for the weather enthusiast or anyone interested in the oddities and extremes of nature. Is the climate really becoming more extreme as a result of climate change? We often hear on the news that the day was the hottest, coldest, wettest, or snowiest on record. Recent evidence suggests that aspects of the climate are indeed becoming more extreme. Will the extraordinary hurricane season of 2005 and the record heat waves of 2006 become more common? The facts are in this book, including a detailed analysis of extreme weather trends in the United States going back to the nineteenth century. Also included are historical examples of some of the more bizarre weather events observed: heat bursts, electrified dust storms, snow rollers, pink snowstorms, luminous tornadoes, falls of fish and toads, ball lighting, super bolts, and other strange meteorological events. |
Índice
THUNDERSTORMS HAIL 134 | 9 |
INTRODUCTION | 11 |
DROUGHTS DUST STORMS | 38 |
COLD | 44 |
SNOW ICE | 71 |
RAIN FLOODS | 103 |
FLOODS | 123 |
STORMIEST PLACES | 139 |
TYPICAL TORNADOES | 165 |
HURRICANES | 200 |
WINDSTORMS FOG | 232 |
APPENDICES | 262 |
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Palavras e frases frequentes
200 Kilometers 24 hours ALABAMA Alaska Annual Precipitation April ARIZONA ARKANSAS Atlantic Ocean Average Annual blizzard California City Climate coast cold wave coldest Colorado Cyclone damage drought extreme Falls February feet fell flood Florida GEORGIA Gulf of Mexico gusts Hawaii heat bursts heat wave hottest Huron Hurricane IDAHO ILLINOIS inches INDIANA intense IOWA January July June KANSAS Kauai KENTUCKY Lake Huron Lake Michigan Lake Ontario Lake Superior lightning Lowest maximum temperature measured MICHIGAN Lake miles MINNESOTA MISSISSIPPI MISSOURI MONTANA month Mountains NEBRASKA NEVADA NORTH CAROLINA occurred OHIO Oklahoma OREGON Pacific Ocean PENNSYLVANIA period of record Precipitation and Date rain rainfall region reported Reunion Island River season snow Snowfall and Date snowiest snowstorm SOUTH DAKOTA storm surge Temperatures Recorded TENNESSEE thermometer thunderstorms tornado town tropical storms United UTAH Vermont VIRGINIA Washington West wettest Wind Speed winter WISCONSIN WYOMING York
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Handbook of Disaster Research Havidan Rodriguez,Enrico L. Quarantelli,Russell Dynes Pré-visualização limitada - 2007 |