Windswept : the story of wind and weather /: the story of wind and weather. (2006)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Marq de Villiers.
• Other Names: De Villiers, Marq
• Contents: Wind's mystery and meaning -- Wind's great theater -- The search for understanding -- Wind's intricate patterns -- The art of prediction -- The most furious gale -- An ill wind -- The technology of wind -- Appendices: The composition of the modern atmosphere ; The Beaufort scale ; The Saffir-Simpson hurricane scale ; Hurricane strikes in the U.S. ; Canadian tropical cyclone statistics ; World's worst tropical cyclones (hurricanes and typhoons, by year, with casualties) ; Wind speed variation within the hurricane eyewall, by elevation ; Worst winter storms on record ; The Fujita tornado scale ; Worst tornadoes in the twentieth century by year ; Wind force table ; Canadian wind chill index.
• Publisher Details: New York : Walker Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck Publishers
• Publication Date: 2006
• Extent: 1 online resource (viii, 344 pages), illustrations, map
• Subjects: 551.51/8; Science -- Earth Sciences -- General; Winds; Weather; Weather; Winds; Science -- General; Nature -- General; Earth sciences; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780802718433; 0802718434
• Related ISBNs: 0802714692; 9780802714695; 0802715192; 9780802715197
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-334) and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.