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100 1 $aPhilander, S. George.
245 10 $aOur affair with El Nino :$bhow we transformed an enchanting Peruvian current into a global climate hazard /$cS. George Philander.
260 $aPrinceton, N.J. :$bPrinceton University Press,$cc2004.
300 $ax, 275 p. :$bill., maps ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [259]-272) and index.
505 0 $aPart 1: Who is El Nino? -- A mercurial character -- A fallen angel? -- A construct of ours -- A matchmaker -- Part 2: Our dilemma -- Two incompatible cultures -- "Small" science versus "big" science -- Part 3: Common ground -- The perspective of a painter -- The perspective of a poet -- The perspective of a musician -- A marriage of the "hard" and "soft" sciences -- The cloud -- Part 4: A brief history of the science -- Predicting the weather -- Investigating the atmospheric circulation -- Exploring the oceans -- Reconciling divergent perspectives on El Nino -- Taking a long-term geological view -- Part 5: Coping with hazards -- Famines in India -- Fisheries of Peru -- Droughts in Zimbabwe -- Epilogue: becoming custodians of planet Earth.
650 0 $aClimatic changes.
651 0 $aEl Nino Current.
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