Storm Watchers: The Turbulent History of Weather Prediction from Franklin's Kite to El Niño

Introduction.

PART I: A Newborn Babe.

1. Benjamin Franklin: Chasing the Wind.

2. Luke Howard: Naming the Clouds.

3. James Glaisher: Taking to the Air.

PART II: American Storms.

4. William C. Redfield: Walking the Path of Destruction.

5. James P. Espy: "The Storm Breeder".

6. Elias Loomis: Mapping the Storm.

7. Joseph Henry: Setting the Stage.

8. Matthew Fontaine Maury: A Storm of Controversy.

9. William Ferrel: A Shy Genius.

PART III: The Main Artery.

10. Robert FitzRoy: Prophet Without Honor.

11. Urbain J. J. Le Verrier: Clouds over Crimea.

12. Cleveland Abbe: "Ol' Probabilities".

13. John P. Finley: Down Tornado Alley.

14. Mark W. Harrington: Civilian Casualty.

15. Isaac Monroe Cline: Taking Galveston by Storm.

16. Gilbert Walker: The Southern Oscillation.

17. C. LeRoy Meisinger: Death by Daring.

PART IV: Together at the Front.

18. Vilhelm Bjerknes: The Bergen Schoolmaster.

19. Lewis Fry Richardson: The Forecasting Factory.

20. Jacob Bjerknes: From Polar Front to El Ni?o.

21. Tor Bergeron: A Gifted Vision.

22. Carl-Gustaf Rossby: Conquering the Weather Bureau.

23. Sverre Petterssen: Forecasting for D-Day.

PART V: Suddenly New Science.

24. Jule Gregory Charney: Mastering the Math.

25. Jerome Namias: The Long Ranger.

26. Edward N. Lorenz: Calculating Chaos.

27. Tetsuya Theodore Fujita: Divining the Downburst.

28. Ants Leetmaa: Out on a Limb.

Bibliography.

Index.