Appropriating the Weather: Vilhelm Bjerknes and the Construction of a Modern Meteorology

by Robert Marc Friedman

Book Overview

In this book, Robert Marc Friedman analyzes the revolution in the theory and practice of meteorology during the first quarter of the twentieth century, initiated by Vilhelm Bjerknes (1862-1951) and his collaborators. In contrast to the approach that had dominated meteorology since the late nineteenth century, their weather models and forecasting techniques marked a decisive turn to a dynamical-physical understanding of the atmosphere. Using a wide...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801420628
• ISBN13: 9780801420627
• Release Date: March 1989
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher