Hurricane Pioneer: Memoirs of Bob Simpson - Brossura

Simpson, Robert H.; Dorst, Neal M.

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ISBN 10: 1935704753 ISBN 13: 9781935704751

Casa editrice: Amer Meteorological Society, 2015

Riassunto

In 1951, Robert H. Simpson lifted off in a specially-equipped plane, flying directly into the path of a storm that would send most people running for cover. For more than four hours he observed Typhoon Marge from its eerily calm eye, later describing it in The Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society as “a coliseum of clouds whose walls on one side rose vertically and on the other were banked like the galleries in a great opera house.”

For Simpson this was just one of his many pioneering explorations of hurricanes and extreme storms. Over his decades-long career his research led to great leaps in our understanding of tropical meteorology and our approach to hurricane safety. He was the first director of the National Hurricane Research Project and the second director of the National Hurricane Center, though he may be best known as co-creator of the widely used Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale, familiar to anyone who has heard a reporter use the words “category five.”

Simpson’s memoirs take readers from his experience with the Corpus Christi hurricane of 1919 to his travels to study weather across the globe. Along the way he crosses paths with other weather greats, including his trailblazing wife, meteorologist Joanne Simpson. Hurricane Pioneer is a riveting first-hand account at a revolutionary time in meteorology.

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Informazioni sull'autore

Robert H. Simpson (1912&;2014) was the first director of the National Hurricane Research Project and former director of the National Hurricane Center. Neal M. Dorst is a meteorologist in the Hurricane Research Division of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Amer Meteorological Society
• Data di pubblicazione: 2015
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1935704753
• ISBN 13: 9781935704751
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 142
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