El Niño 1997-1998 : the climate event of the century / edited by Stanley A. Changnon ; contributors, Gerald D. Bell, David Changnon, Stanley A. Changnon, Vernon E. Kousky, Roger A. Pielke Jr., and Lee Wilkins.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Changnon, Stanley A. (Stanley Alcide), editor.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Climatic changes--Economic aspects.

Climatic changes--Social aspects.

El Niño Current.

Climatic changes--Social aspects--United States.

Climatic changes.

Climatic changes--Economic aspects--United States.

United States--Climate.

United States.

Climatology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 215 pages) : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white).

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2020.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This book covers the time span from the first indications of El Nio (May 1997) until its reversal (June 1998). The focus is largely on the United States, where El Nio produced widespread changes in how the public perceives weather and in the accuracy of forecasts. Among the key issues it examines are how the news media interpreted and dramatized El Nio and the reaction both of the public and decision-makers (the latter based on interviews with agribusiness, utilities, water management agencies, et cetera); the scientific issues emerging from the event; and the social and economic consequences of the event. Finally, it suggests what can and should be done when El Nio occurs in the future.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2000.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record and publisher information.

Other Format:

Print version :

ISBN:

9780197561614

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.