Conceiving Meteorology as the exact science of the atmosphere: Vilhelm Bjerknes's paper of 1904 as a milestone

In January 1904 the Norwegian physicist Vilhelm Bjerknes published his seminal paper "Das Problem der Wettervorhersage, betrachtet von Standpunkt der Mechanik und Physik" in the Meteorologische Zeitschrift. Over seven pages Bjerknes developed the idea of a mathematical model of the atmosph...

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Main Author: Gabriele Gramelsberger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Borntraeger 2009-12-01
Series:Meteorologische Zeitschrift
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1127/0941-2948/2009/0415