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Inventing atmospheric science : Bjerknes, Rossby, Wexler, and the foundations of modern meteorology
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| 서명/저자사항 | Inventing atmospheric science : Bjerknes, Rossby, Wexler, and the foundations of modern meteorology/ James Rodger Fleming. |
| 개인저자 | Fleming, James Rodger,author. |
| 발행사항 | Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, [2016]. |
| 형태사항 | 1 online resource. |
| 기타형태 저록 | Print version: Fleming, James Rodger, author. Inventing atmospheric science 9780262033947 |
| ISBN | 9780262334518 0262334518 |
| 서지주기 | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 내용주기 | Bjerknes -- Rossby -- Wexler -- Atmospheric sciences. |
| 요약 | "This big picture history of atmospheric research examines the first six decades of the twentieth century, from the dawn of applied fluid dynamics to the emergence, by 1960, of the interdisciplinary atmospheric sciences. Using newly available archival sources, it documents the work of three interconnected generations of scientists: Vilhelm Bjerknes, Carl-Gustaf Rossby, and Harry Wexler, whose aspirations were fueled by new theoretical insights, pressing societal needs, and expanded technological capabilities. Radio, radar, aviation, nuclear tracers, digital computing, sounding rockets, and satellites provided new ways to measure and study the global atmosphere -- a huge and dauntingly complex system. Bjerknes brought us a fundamental circulation theorem and founded the Bergen school of weather forecasting; Rossby established the graduate schools of meteorology at M.I.T., Chicago, and Stockholm, which focused on upper-air dynamics and, after 1947, on atmospheric environmental issues; and Wexler brought all the new technologies into the U.S. Weather Bureau and, with his colleague Jule Charney, prepared the foundations for the emergence of the interdisciplinary atmospheric sciences. This history weaves together cold war studies, military history, the rise of government research and development, and aviation and aeronautics with a nascent global awareness. It is a fascinating history of something we all experience--the weather --told through compelling historical characters"--Provided by publisher. |
| 일반주제명 | Atmospheric physics --History. Atmosphere --Research. SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geology |
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