Call number:
PIK N 456-11-0347
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents: The problems with weather forecasting as a problem in mechanics and physics ; Vilhelm Bjerknes's early studies of atmospheric motions and their connection with the cyclone model of the Bergen School ; Components of the Norwegian cyclone model: observations and theoretical ideas in Europe prior to 1920 ; Constituting the Polar front, 1919-1920 ; The Bergen School concepts come to America ; Richardson's marvelous forecast ; Personal recollections about the Bergen School ; Sutcliffe and his development theory ; Historical photos ; Cyclone climatology and its relationship to planetary waves: a review of recent observational studies ; Planetary waves and their interaction with smaller scales ; Advances in cyclogenesis theory: toward a generalized theory of baroclinic development ; Numerical simulations of cyclone life cycles ; A planetary-scale to mesoscale perspective of the life cycles of extratropical cyclones: the bridge between theory and observations ; Observed cyclone life cycles ; Theories of frontogenesis ; On the representation and diagnosis of frontal circulations in two and three dimensions ; Mesoscale aspects of extratropical cyclones: an observational perspective ; Dynamics of mesoscale structure associated with extratropical cyclones ; Numerical simulations of mesoscale substructures and physical processes within extratropical cyclones ; Advances in forecasting extratropical cyclogenesis at the National Meteorological Center ; Numerical weather prediction: a vision of the future, updated still further
Type of Medium:
Monograph available for loan
Pages:
IX, 359 S. : Ill., graph. Darst., Kt.
ISBN:
1878220357
Location:
A 18 - must be ordered
Branch Library:
PIK Library
