LEADER 03392nam 2200589 450 001 9910466332603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-262-33451-8 035 $a(CKB)3710000000595748 035 $a(EBL)4410135 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001623974 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16361582 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001623974 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14882025 035 $a(PQKB)10021446 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4410135 035 $a(OCoLC)938898075$z(OCoLC)994448284$z(OCoLC)1015857359 035 $a(OCoLC-P)938898075 035 $a(MaCbMITP)10250 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4410135 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11206717 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL897489 035 $a(OCoLC)938898075 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000595748 100 $a20160112d2016 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aInventing atmospheric science $eBjerknes, Rossby, Wexler, and the foundations of modern meteorology /$fJames Rodger Fleming 210 1$aCambridge, Massachusetts :$cMIT Press,$d[2016] 215 $a1 online resource (307 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-262-03394-1 320 $aIIncludes bibliographical references (pages 255-281) and index. 327 $aBjerknes -- Rossby -- Wexler -- Atmospheric sciences. 330 $a"This big picture history of atmospheric research examines the first six decades of the twentieth century, from the dawn of applied fluid dynamics to the emergence, by 1960, of the interdisciplinary atmospheric sciences. Using newly available archival sources, it documents the work of three interconnected generations of scientists: Vilhelm Bjerknes, Carl-Gustaf Rossby, and Harry Wexler, whose aspirations were fueled by new theoretical insights, pressing societal needs, and expanded technological capabilities. Radio, radar, aviation, nuclear tracers, digital computing, sounding rockets, and satellites provided new ways to measure and study the global atmosphere -- a huge and dauntingly complex system. Bjerknes brought us a fundamental circulation theorem and founded the Bergen school of weather forecasting; Rossby established the graduate schools of meteorology at M.I.T., Chicago, and Stockholm, which focused on upper-air dynamics and, after 1947, on atmospheric environmental issues; and Wexler brought all the new technologies into the U.S. Weather Bureau and, with his colleague Jule Charney, prepared the foundations for the emergence of the interdisciplinary atmospheric sciences. This history weaves together cold war studies, military history, the rise of government research and development, and aviation and aeronautics with a nascent global awareness. It is a fascinating history of something we all experience--the weather --told through compelling historical characters"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aAtmospheric physics$xHistory 606 $aAtmosphere$xResearch 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aAtmospheric physics$xHistory. 615 0$aAtmosphere$xResearch. 676 $a551.5092/2 700 $aFleming$b James Rodger$0876357 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910466332603321 996 $aInventing atmospheric science$91957010 997 $aUNINA