Atmospheric Sciences

This is the worst storm in history seen from the wheelhouse of a doomed fishing trawler; a mesmerisingly vivid account of a natural hell from a perspective that offers no escape. The 'perfect storm' is a once-in-a-hundred-years combination: a high pressure system from the Great Lakes, running into s... More

In this groundbreaking working, Jack L. King, Ph.D. provides the basis for an in-depth understanding of operational risk by focusing on its measurement and modelling. Using both theoretical and practical material, he lays out a foundation theory that can be applied and refined for application in the... More

The "Handbook of Weather, Climate, and Water," is a comprehensive, two-volume review of the current state of the atmospheric and hydrologic sciences. "Volume I" addresses atmospheric dynamics, physical meteorology, weather systems, and measurements, while "Volume II" contains information on the clim... More

Operational Risk is one of the important arms of the risk management triangle the other two being Credit Risk and Market (Treasury) Risk. There was no precise definition of operational risk until Basel Accord II came into being in June 2004. In order to efficiently face this new challenge in risk ma... More

Covering a span of over fifty years, the book delves into Sino-Indian, Sino-US and Indo-US relations, which witnessed many historic ups and downs. Based on the personal experiences of the author who was an active participant in this developing drama, it combines an analysis of strategic, political a... More

What causes the earth's weather? How do twisters form? What are the deadliest storms on earth? Find out the answers to these questions and more in Magic Tree House Research Guide: Twisters and Other Terrible Storms, Jack and Annie's guide to nature's wildest weather. Includes photographs, definition... More

Time chronicles the story of the greatest natural disaster in U.S. history. Here, in stunning pictures and gripping first-hand accounts, is the terrible tale of Katrina's deadly wrath and savage aftermath. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of each book will be donated to relief efforts.Time ch... More

October 1991. It was "the perfect storm"--a tempest that may happen only once in a century--a nor'easter created by so rare a combination of factors that it could not possibly have been worse. Creating waves ten stories high and winds of 120 miles an hour, the storm whipped the sea to inconceivable ... More

One of the world's leading authorities on hurricanes pens an engaging account of these awe-inspiring meteorological events and captures the profound effects that hurricanes have had on humanity in a fascinating blend of history, science, and art.Imagine standing at the center of a Roman coliseum tha... More

A gripping narrative history of Hurricane Audrey, the deadly hurricane that struck southwest Louisiana in June of 1957, killing 500 people. The author tracks several families and their struggle to survive.A gripping narrative history of Hurricane Audrey, the deadly hurricane that struck southwest Lo... More

"The wonder of these photographs is that they look like paintings, yet the objects depicted within them are not idealized. The dying domestic objects of the people to whom these interiors belong are no longer of this world. They have been captured on their journey to becoming indistinct trash. At th... More

On the evening of November 26, 1703, a hurricane from the north Atlantic hammered into Britain: it remains the worst storm the nation has ever experienced. Eyewitnesses saw cows thrown into trees and windmills ablaze from the friction of their whirling sailsaand some 8,000 people lost their lives. F... More

Until the 1980s, researchers studied and measured only the physical properties of aerosols. Since the 80s, however, interest in the physicochemcal properties of aerosols has grown tremendously. Scientists in environmental hygiene, medicine, and toxicology have recognized the importance held by the c... More

In the span of five violent hours on August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina destroyed major Gulf Coast cities and flattened 150 miles of coastline. Yet those wind-torn hours represented only the first stage of the relentless triple tragedy that Katrina brought to the entire Gulf Coast, from Louisiana to... More

Bryan Norcross's pioneering and courageous TV coverage of Hurricane Andrew in 1992 helped thousands of people in Florida cope with the killer storm. With hurricanes back in the headlines and destined to stay there, one of America's leading experts offers a unique almanac compiling hundreds of nugget... More