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050		4	_aQC855 _b.F547 2016
082	0		_a551.5092/2 _223
100	1		_aFleming, James Rodger, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aInventing atmospheric science : _bBjerknes, Rossby, Wexler, and the foundations of modern meteorology / _cJames Rodger Fleming.
264		1	_aCambridge, Massachusetts : _bMIT Press, _c[2016]
300			_a1 online resource (307 pages) : _billustrations, maps
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _2rdacarrier
504			_aIIncludes bibliographical references (pages 255-281) and index.
505	0		_aBjerknes -- Rossby -- Wexler -- Atmospheric sciences.
520			_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.
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
590			_aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
650		0	_aAtmospheric physics _xHistory.
650		0	_aAtmosphere _xResearch.
655		4	_aElectronic books.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aFleming, James Rodger. _tInventing atmospheric science : Bjerknes, Rossby, Wexler, and the foundations of modern meteorology. _dCambridge, Massachusetts : MIT Press, [2016] _hx, 296 pages ; 24 cm _z9780262033947
797	2		_aProQuest (Firm)
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