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Hurricanes
By Richard Garratt (illustrator) and Michael Allaby
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Facts on File
Publication date May 1, 2003
Pages 176
Binding Hardcover
Edition Revised
Book category Juvenile Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9780816047956
ISBN-10 0816047952
Dimensions 0.75 by 7.75 by 9.75 in.
Weight 1.26 lbs.
Availability§ Out of Print
Original list price $40.00
Other format details juvenile
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Summary
Explains the history, behavior, and structure of hurricanes, including why they are tropical, what happens inside the storm, and how they are predicted and tracked.
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Mitch, the hurricane that devastated Central America in 1998, was one of the most savage storms of the century, however, research shows that, overall, hurricanes are not growing fiercer or more frequent. With the intensification of climate research in recent years and rising concern that humans may be altering the global climate, funding agencies have increased the resources available for evaluating the evidence of global warming and its likely consequences. Hurricanes, Revised Edition is a fully revised, authoritative guide to hurricanes. It contains new and updated sidebars explaining concepts from atmospheric science, such as potential temperature; the link between the jet stream and mid-latitude depressions; why the wind blows; and the conservation of angular momentum - the principle that explains the way hurricane winds accelerate as air spirals inward. Measurements are given in familiar units, such as pounds, feet, miles, and degrees Fahrenheit, and in each case the metric or scientific equivalent has been added. Appendices list some of the most notorious hurricanes of the past and the set of names that are used to identify tropical cyclones in different parts of the world. Also, suggestions for relevant further reading have been added at the end of each section as well as in a comprehensive bibliography at the end of the book. Sources include useful books and a large number of web addresses.

Editions
Hardcover
Book cover for 9780816035168 Book cover for 9780816047956
 
With Michael Allaby | 1 edition from Facts on File (April 1, 2012)
9780816073245 | details & prices | List price $40.00
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With Richard Garratt (other contributor) | Revised edition from Facts on File (May 1, 2003)
9780816047956 | details & prices | 176 pages | 7.75 × 9.75 × 0.75 in. | 1.26 lbs | List price $40.00
About: Explains the history, behavior, and structure of hurricanes, including why they are tropical, what happens inside the storm, and how they are predicted and tracked.
from Facts on File (June 1, 1997)
9780816035168 | details & prices | 176 pages | 7.75 × 9.75 × 0.75 in. | 1.00 lbs | List price $35.00
About: Explains the history, behavior, and scientific advances in the understanding of hurricanes

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