This book is a unique study of the great wind storms of the last 500 years that have affected the British Isles and the seas and coasts of northwest Europe. This is the only region for which there is sufficient information available in archives to make such a study possible. Almost all the storms since about 1700 are reported with meteorological maps and wind strength estimates and measurements. The book also looks at trends and secular variations and the impact of these great storms on seafarers, local populations and the landscape. The book will be of value to scientists, engineers, historians, economists and conservationists.
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..".an outstanding contribution in its field, very well presented, with excellent indices and the most comprehensive references." Basil Greenhill, Journal of Maritime History
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This provides a unique study of the great wind storms that have affected the British Isles and the seas and coasts of Northwest Europe over the last 500 years. Almost all the storms since about 1700 are reported with meteorological maps and wind strength estimates and measurements. Trends and variations are also examined.
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The regions here examined are close to, and to varying extents experience, the most frequented storms tracks of the northern hemisphere. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
gradient wind strengths, frontal wave disturbance, neighbouring sea areas, strong jetstream, synoptic meteorological analysis, great sea floods, strongest surface winds, cyclonic centre, damaging strength, cyclone centre, strongest gusts, dyke breaches, low pressure centre, cyclonic curvature, gradient winds, wind direction frequencies, warm sector, daily weather observations, historic storms, farm diary, cyclonic activity, depression centre, synoptic weather maps, indirect deduction, frontal waves Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
North Sea, British Isles, Old Style, German Bight, Norwegian Sea, East Anglia, Bay of Biscay, Meteorological Office, North Atlantic, North Wales, Moray Firth, Barents Sea, Firth of Forth, Spurn Head, Jan Mayen, Low Countries, Meteorological Magazine, Spanish Armada, Little Ice Age, All Saints, Bell Rock, Irish Sea, Area England, Scilly Isles, Danish Meteorological Institute New!
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The regions here examined are close to, and to varying extents experience, the most frequented storms tracks of the northern hemisphere. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
gradient wind strengths, frontal wave disturbance, neighbouring sea areas, strong jetstream, synoptic meteorological analysis, great sea floods, strongest surface winds, cyclonic centre, damaging strength, cyclone centre, strongest gusts, dyke breaches, low pressure centre, cyclonic curvature, gradient winds, wind direction frequencies, warm sector, daily weather observations, historic storms, farm diary, cyclonic activity, depression centre, synoptic weather maps, indirect deduction, frontal waves Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
North Sea, British Isles, Old Style, German Bight, Norwegian Sea, East Anglia, Bay of Biscay, Meteorological Office, North Atlantic, North Wales, Moray Firth, Barents Sea, Firth of Forth, Spurn Head, Jan Mayen, Low Countries, Meteorological Magazine, Spanish Armada, Little Ice Age, All Saints, Bell Rock, Irish Sea, Area England, Scilly Isles, Danish Meteorological Institute New!
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- The Isle of Man by Douglas on page 152, and page 153
- The Little Ice Age by Jean M. Grove on page 4, and Back Matter
- A Tour Through the Whole Island of Great Britain : Abridged Edition (Penguin Classics) by Daniel Defoe in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Principles of Geology (Penguin Classics) by Charles Lyell in Back Matter
- Geomorphological Processes and Landscape Change: Britain In The Last 1000 Years (RGS-IBG Book Series) by David Higgitt on page 88, and page 266
- Climates of the British Isles: Present, Past and Future by Elaine Barrow on page 238
- Fluvial Geomorphology of Great Britain (Geological Conservation Review Series) by K.J. Gregory in Back Matter
- Natural Risk and Civil Protection by T. Horlick-Jones on page 176
- Climate Development and History of the North Atlantic Realm by Gerold Wefer on page 434
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