The first mathematical models of dynamic meteorology: The Berlin prize contest of 1746
The first models of dynamic meteorology were published in 1747 as a result of a prize contest of the Academy of Prussia. The topic of the contest concerned the determination of the winds “if the Earth were surrounded everywhere by an ocean”. D’Alembert formulated a shallow water model for the first...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Borntraeger
2008-02-01
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| Series: | Meteorologische Zeitschrift |
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1127/0941-2948/2008/0261 |