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Book SynopsisPublished by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Special Publications Series.
Hurricane research implicates something more than science. It is the key to saving lives and mitigating economic damage. From the Galveston catastrophe of 1900, where more than 8,000 people died, to the economic devastation wrought by Hurricane Andrew in 1992 in the United States, scientists have striven to understand and track hurricanes while charting their societal effects. Hurricane! Coping with Disaster tells the dramatic history of that effort by leading meteorologiststhe men and women who brought hurricane science into the 21st century, and those who sustain it today. for readers everywhere interested in climatology, hurricane research, the historical background, and more.
Table of ContentsForeword v
Preface vii
Part I. Struggles to Understand and Track Hurricanes
Introductory Comments
Chapter 1 Twentieth Century Challenges and Milestones
William M. Gray 3
Chapter 2 Impact of Technologiesfr om Two World Wars
Edward N. Rappaport and Robert H. Simpson 39
Chapter 3 Hurricane Surveillance by Specially Instrumented Aircraft
Robert C. Sheets 63
Chapter 4 Evolution of Prediction Models
Mark DeMaria and James M. Gross 103
Part II. Societal and Economic Challenges
Introductory Comments 127
Chapter 5 The Great Galveston Hurricane of 1900
Neil L. Frank 129
Chapter 6 Social Choice in Dealing with Hurricanes
Mary Frances Myers and Gilbert F. White 141
Chapter7 CommunicatingD amage Potentialsa nd Minimizing Hurricane Damage
Herbert S. Saffir 155
Chapter 8 Reducing Vulnerability
Roger A. Pielke., Jr. 165
PART lll. Potential Impact of Science and Technology, Present and Future
Introductory Comments 175
Chapter 9 A Century of Scientific Progress An Evaluation
Kerry Emanuel 177
Chapter 10 A Century of Progressin Tracking and Warning
Improvements in Observations, Models, and Forecasts
H. E. Willoughby 205
Chapter 11 The Burgeoning Role of Weather Satellites
C. Velden, J. Simpson, W. Timothy Liu, J. Hawkins, K. Brueske, and R. Anthes 217
Chapter 12 Present Day Satellite Technology for Hurricane Research
A Closer Look at Formation and Intensification
E. A. Ritchie, J. Simpson, W.T Liu, J. Halverson, C. Velden, K.F. Brueske, and H. Pierce 249
Chapter 13 Continuous Monitoring of the Hurricane Core
Availability of New Long-Endurance Small Drone Aircraft
Greg Tyrrell and Greg Holland 291
Chapter 14 Hurricane Upper Level Wind Measurements
Applications of Doppler Lidar
G. David Emmitt 305
Chapter 15 A Century After Galveston, 1900
A Personal Perspective and Outlook
Greg Holland 317
Appendices Recommended Further Reading 335
Acronyms and Abbreviations 336
Brief Meteorological Glossary 339
Index 351
