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Our affair with EL NINO

By: Philander, S. GeorgeMaterial type: Text

TextPublication details: Princeton University Press, N.J. 2004ISBN: 9780691126227

Contents:

PART 1: WHO IS EL NIÑO? 1. A Mercurial Character 2. A Fallen Angel? 3. A Construct of Ours 4. A Matchmaker PART 2: OUR DILEMMA 5. Two Incompatible Cultures 6. “Small” Science versus “Big” Science PART 3: COMMON GROUND 7. The Perspective of a Painter 8. The Perspective of a Poet 9. The Perspective of a Musician 10. A Marriage of the “Hard” and “Soft” Sciences 11. The Cloud PART 4: A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE SCIENCE 12. Predicting the Weather 13. Investigating the Atmospheric Circulation 14. Exploring the Oceans 15. Reconciling Divergent Perspectives on El Niño 16. Taking a Long-Term Geological View PART 5: COPING WITH HAZARDS 17. Famines in India 18. Fisheries of Peru 19. Droughts in Zimbabwe EPILOGUE: Becoming Custodians of Planet Earth

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Book	ICTS	Oceanograp	Rack No 01	GC296.8.E4 (Browse shelf (Opens below))	Available	Billno:IN 002 627; Billdate: 2017-01-11		00652

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PART 1: WHO IS EL NIÑO?
1. A Mercurial Character
2. A Fallen Angel?
3. A Construct of Ours
4. A Matchmaker

PART 2: OUR DILEMMA
5. Two Incompatible Cultures
6. “Small” Science versus “Big” Science

PART 3: COMMON GROUND
7. The Perspective of a Painter
8. The Perspective of a Poet
9. The Perspective of a Musician
10. A Marriage of the “Hard” and “Soft” Sciences
11. The Cloud

PART 4: A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE SCIENCE
12. Predicting the Weather
13. Investigating the Atmospheric Circulation
14. Exploring the Oceans
15. Reconciling Divergent Perspectives on El Niño
16. Taking a Long-Term Geological View

PART 5: COPING WITH HAZARDS
17. Famines in India
18. Fisheries of Peru
19. Droughts in Zimbabwe

EPILOGUE: Becoming Custodians of Planet Earth

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