Exploring Tropical Cyclones GIS Investigations for the Earth Sciences (with CD-ROM)

by Hall, Michelle K.; Schaller, Christian J.; Walker, C. Scott; Kendall, Larry P.

• ISBN13: 9780534391478
• ISBN10: 0534391478
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-05-01
• Publisher: Cengage Learning

Summary

These modules are designed with step-by-step directions to let even novice users utilize the power of the ArcView? GIS application to explore, manipulate, and analyze large data sets. Each new copy contains a CD with unlimited access to the SAGUARO projects and data as well as a 120-day time-locked dual-platform version of the ArcView? software. (Site license users of ArcGIS software can order the guides without the CD.) The manuals can be purchased alone, bundled together, and/or bundled with The Changing Earth.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Thinking scientifically	iii
Planning to learn	iii
GIS made easier	iv
Using these materials	iv
Getting started
What you need to know	v
Minimum system requirements	v
Macintosh software installation	vi
Using ArcView GIS for Macintosh	vii
Windows software installation	viii
Using ArcView GIS for Windows	ix
Accessing the module data	x
ArcView troubleshooting	xi
Updates and resources	xii
Recipe for a Cyclone
The Great Hurricane of 1900	3	(8)
Discovering cyclone patterns	11	(4)
Understanding tropical cyclone physics	15	(4)
Powering tropical cyclones	19	(4)
Solving the cyclone puzzle	23	(4)
The Life of a Cyclone
Observing tropical cyclones	27	(2)
Tracking Hurricane Georges	29	(6)
Classifying tropical cyclones	35	(4)
Monitoring cyclone growth	39	(6)
Hurricane Hazards
Sources of hurricane risk	45	(2)
The top ten US hurricanes	47	(4)
Exploring hurricane hazards	51	(4)
Risk to coastal communities	55	(4)
Hurricanes in the Big Apple
Analyzing physical factors	59	(8)
Managing emergencies	67	(2)
Addressing demographic factors	69	(4)
Assessing infrastructure	73