LEADER 03553oam 2200625I 450 001 9910798180203321 005 20190503073429.0 010 $a0-262-33452-6 010 $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 $a20160212d2016 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$aCambridge, MA :$cMIT Press,$d[2016] 210 4$dİ2016 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"--Provided by publisher. 606 $aAtmospheric science$xHistory 606 $aAtmosphere$xResearch 610 $aSCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/History of Science 610 $aSCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/History of Technology 610 $aPHYSICAL SCIENCES/General 615 0$aAtmospheric science$xHistory. 615 0$aAtmosphere$xResearch. 676 $a551.5092/2 700 $aFleming$b James Rodger$01519174 801 0$bOCoLC-P 801 1$bOCoLC-P 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910798180203321 996 $aInventing atmospheric science$93784834 997 $aUNINA