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Genre/Form: | History |
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Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Kristine Harper |
ISBN: | 9780262083782 0262083787 9780262517355 0262517353 |
OCLC Number: | 173368708 |
Awards: | Winner of ASLI Choice Book Awards: History Category 2008 Winner of |
Description: | ix, 308 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
Contents: | Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. A stagnant atmosphere : the weather services before World War II -- 2. Toward a more dynamic atmosphere : discipline development in the interwar period (1919-1938) -- 3. An expanding atmosphere : the war years (1939-1945) -- 4. Initial atmospheric conditions : scientific goals, civilian manpower, and military funding (1944-1948) -- 5. An international atmosphere : Carl-Gustav Rossby and the Scandinavian connection (1948-1950) -- 6. Creating a realistic atmosphere (1950-1952) -- 7. A changing atmosphere : from developmental to operational numerical weather prediction (1952-1955) -- 8. A new atmosphere -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
Series Title: | Transformations (M.I.T. Press) |
Responsibility: | Kristine C. Harper. |
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Abstract:
The history of the growth and professionalization of American meteorology and its transformation into a physics- and mathematics-based scientific discipline.
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