Bergen School of Meteorology
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The "Bergen School of Meteorology" is a school of thought which is the basis for much of modern weather forecasting
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Founded by the meteorologist Prof. Vilhelm Bjerknes and his younger co-workers in 1917, the Bergen School attempts to define the motion of the atmosphere
by means of the mathematics
of interactions between hydro- and thermodynamics
, some of which had originally been discovered or explained by Bjerknes himself, thus making mathematical predictions regarding the weather possible by systematic data analysis.
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Weather forecasting
Weather forecasting is the application of science and technology to predict the state of the atmosphere for a given location. Human beings have attempted to predict the weather informally for millennia, and formally since the nineteenth century...
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Founded by the meteorologist Prof. Vilhelm Bjerknes and his younger co-workers in 1917, the Bergen School attempts to define the motion of the atmosphere
Earth's atmosphere
The atmosphere of Earth is a layer of gases surrounding the planet Earth that is retained by Earth's gravity. The atmosphere protects life on Earth by absorbing ultraviolet solar radiation, warming the surface through heat retention , and reducing temperature extremes between day and night...
by means of the mathematics
Mathematics
Mathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...
of interactions between hydro- and thermodynamics
Thermodynamics
Thermodynamics is a physical science that studies the effects on material bodies, and on radiation in regions of space, of transfer of heat and of work done on or by the bodies or radiation...
, some of which had originally been discovered or explained by Bjerknes himself, thus making mathematical predictions regarding the weather possible by systematic data analysis.
Bjerknes' assistants during the period 1917-1926
- Jacob BjerknesJacob BjerknesJacob Aall Bonnevie Bjerknes was a Norwegian-American meteorologist. -Background:Jacob Aall Bonnevie Bjerknes was born in Stockholm, Sweden. His father was the Norwegian meteorologist Vilhelm Bjerknes, one of the pioneers of modern weather forecasting. His paternal grandfather was noted...
- Halvor Solberg
- Tor BergeronTor BergeronTor Bergeron was the Swedish meteorologist who proposed a mechanism for the formation of precipitation in clouds. In the 1930s, Bergeron and W. Findeisen developed the concept that clouds contain both supercooled water and ice crystals...
- Carl-Gustaf RossbyCarl-Gustaf RossbyCarl-Gustaf Arvid Rossby was a Swedish-U.S. meteorologist who first explained the large-scale motions of the atmosphere in terms of fluid mechanics....
- Sverre PetterssenSverre PetterssenSverre Petterssen was a Norwegian meteorologist, prominent in the field of weather analysis and forecasting, and an international leader in meteorology.-Early life:...
- Erik PalménErik PalménErik Herbert Palmén was Finnish meteorologist. He worked at the University of Chicago in the Chicago school of meteorology on cyclones and weather fronts with Vilhelm Bjerknes...
- Erik Björkdal
- Svein RosselandSvein RosselandSvein Rosseland was a Norwegian astrophysicist and a pioneer in the field of theoretical astrophysics. -Biography:...
- Carl Ludvig Godske
- Johan SandströmJohan SandströmJohan Wilhelm Sandström , born 6 juni 1874 in Norra Degerfors, Västerbotten County, died 1947, was a Swedish oceanographer....
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Biography of Jacob Bjerknes by Arnt EliassenArnt Eliassen
Arnt Eliassen was a Norwegian meteorologist who was a pioneer in the use of numerical analysis and computers for weather forecasting. The early pioneer work was done at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, together with John von Neumann...
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