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000286688 1001_ $$aPhilander, S. George.
000286688 24510 $$aOur affair with El Niño :$$bhow we transformed an enchanting Peruvian current into a global climate hazard /$$cS. George Philander.
000286688 260__ $$aPrinceton, N.J. :$$bPrinceton University Press,$$cc2004.
000286688 300__ $$ax, 275 p. :$$bill., maps ;$$c24 cm.
000286688 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [259]-272) and index.
000286688 5050_ $$aPart 1: Who is El Niño? -- 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 Niño -- 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.
000286688 650_0 $$aClimatic changes.
000286688 651_0 $$aEl Niño Current.
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