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Meteorology in the 20th Century
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By
Frederik Nebeker, Rutgers University
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International Geophysics,
Description
During the course of this century, meteorology has become unified, physics-based, and highly computational. Calculating the Weather:
Meteorology in the 20th Century explains this transformation by examining thevarious roles of computation throughout the history
of meteorology, giving most attention to the period from World War I to the 1960s. The electronic digital computer, a product of World
War II, led to great advances in empirical, theoretical, and practical meteorology. At the same time, the use of the computer led to
the discovery of so-called"chaotic systems,"and to the recognition that there may well be fundamental limits to predicting the weather.
One of the very few books covering 20th century meteorology, this text is an excellent supplement to any course in general meteorology,
forecasting, or history of science.
Audience
Meteorologists; atmospheric scientists; historians of science; earth scientists; and mathematicians working in the areas of computational math and math history.
Contents
Introduction.
Part I. Meteorology in 1900.
An Empirical Tradition: Climatology. A Theoretical Tradition: Physics of
the Atmosphere. A Practical Tradition: Weather Forecasting.
Part II. Meteorology in the First Half ofthe 20th Century.
Vilhelm Bjerkness Program to Unify Meteorology. Lewis Fry Richardson: The First Person to Compute the Weather. The Growth of Meteorology.
Meteorological Calculation in the Interwar Period. The Effect of World War II on Meteorology.
Part III. The Beginning of the
Computer Era in Meteorology.
John von Neumanns Meteorology Project. The Acceptance of Numerical Meteorology. The Unification
of Meteorology. The Recognition of Limits to Weather Prediction. Endnotes. Notes on Sources. References. Index.
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Hardbound, 255 pages, publication date: MAY-1995
ISBN-13: 978-0-12-515175-7
ISBN-10: 0-12-515175-6
Imprint: ACADEMIC PRESS
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