Overview
- This book is unique in its scope drawing from an international community of scholars in the field of hurricane climate science
- The science addresses a variety of perspectives ranging from the microphysics of lightning to geological evidence of prehistoric storminess
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Table of contents (20 chapters)
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Front Matter
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About this book
Recent studies suggest that tropical cyclones are more powerful than in the past with the most dramatic increase in the North Atlantic. The increase is correlated with an increase in ocean temperature. A debate concerns the nature of these increases with some scientists attributing them to a natural climate fluctuation and others suggesting climate change related to anthropogenic increases in forcing from greenhouse gases.
A Summit on Hurricanes and Climate Change was held during the spring of 2007 on the island of Crete that brought together leading academics and researchers on both sides of the scientific debate to discuss new research and express opinions about what will happen in the future with regard to hurricane activity. This proceedings volume highlights the state-of-the-science research into various aspects of the hurricane-climate connection. It is likely that the science presented here will lead to new research that will help answer crucial questions about our sustainable future.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
James B. Elsner is a Professor of Geography at Florida State University where he teaches about climate and statistics. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 1988 and earned tenure in the Department of Meteorology at Florida State University in 1996. His research interests include the hurricane hazard and statistical modeling. He has written over 75 research articles in scientific journals and two books. His latest book on hurricanes and climate is available from Oxford University Press. Dr. Elsner is the President of Climatek; a company that develops models for hurricane risk analysis.
Thomas H. Jagger is Vice President of Climatek and an independent research scholar.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Hurricanes and Climate Change
Editors: James B. Elsner, Thomas H. Jagger
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-09410-6
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag US 2009
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-09409-0Published: 26 November 2008
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-3474-1Published: 29 October 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-09410-6Published: 23 January 2010
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XX, 380
Number of Illustrations: 25 b/w illustrations
Topics: Atmospheric Sciences, Meteorology, Ecotoxicology, Oceanography, Biogeosciences