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Genre/Form: | Electronic books |
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Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Melvyn A Shapiro; Sigbjørn Grønås |
ISBN: | 9781935704096 1935704095 |
OCLC Number: | 999361226 |
Description: | 1 online resource (359 pages) : illustrations |
Contents: | From the Contents: The Problem with Weather Forecasting as a Problem in Mechanics and Physics -- Vilhelm Bjerknes's Early Studies of Atmospheric Motions and Their Connection with the Cyclone Model of the Bergen School -- Components of the Norwegian Cyclone Model: Observations and Theoretical Ideas in Europe Prior to 1920 -- Constituting the Polar Front -- The Bergen School Concepts Come to America -- Richardson's Marvelous Forecast -- Personal Recollections about the Bergen School -- Sutcliffe and HIs Development Theory -- Historical Photos. |
Responsibility: | edited by Melvyn A. Shapiro, Sigbjørn Grønås. |
Abstract:
This book presents the expanded versions of invited papers presented at the International Symposium on the Life Cycles of Extratropical Cyclones, held in Bergen, Norway, 27 June-1 July 1994. It is of particular interest to historians of meteorology, researchers and forecasters. The material can be used for advanced undergraduate and undergraduate meteorology courses, and it represents a useful source of references to extratropical cyclones. The book provides the historical background of extratropical cyclone research and forecasting from the eighteenth to the mid-twentieth century. It also presents extratropical cyclone theory, observations, analysis, diagnosis and prediction.
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