Calculating the Weather : Meteorology in the 20th Century
Frederik. Nebeker
Bok Engelsk 1995 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | Burlington : : Elsevier Science, , 1995.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (265 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Contents; Chapter 1. Introduction; Three Traditions in Meteorology; The Unification of Meteorology; Transformations of Meteorology; Algorithms, Calculation, and Computation; Forces Leading to an Increased Use of Algorithms; Part I: Meteorology in 1900; Chapter 2. An Empirical Tradition: Climatology; Quantitative Description; Calculational Demands; Trying to Find Regularities by Tabulating; Finding Regularities by Mapping; Finding Regularities by Graphing; Finding Regularities by Statistical Analysis; The Establishment of Climatology. - A Turn toward Practical ForecastingChapter 6. Lewis Fry Richardson: The First Person to Compute the Weather; Into and out of Meteorology; Discovery of a Numerical Method; A Scheme to Compute the Weather; The Data Requirements; The Theoretical Basis; A Test of the Scheme; The Necessity of Numerical Analysis; The Inclusiveness of the Scheme; The Influence of Richardson's Work; Chapter 7. The Growth of Meteorology; Meteorology in World War I; The Bergen School; The Growth of Dynamical Meteorology; Meteorology as a Profession; Carl-Gustaf Rossby. - Chapter 10. John von Neumann's Meteorology ProjectVon Neumann's Interest in Meteorology; The Start of the Meteorology Project; The Arrival of Jule Charney; Charney's Program; The Use of the ENIAC; The Use of the IAS Computer; Chapter 11. The Acceptance of Numerical Meteorology; The Beginnings of a New Style of Meteorology; The Spread of Numerical Meteorology; Steps toward Operational Forecasting by Means of Computer; The Establishment of Numerical Forecasting; The Computers Used by Meteorologists; The Abandonment of Other Calculating Aids; Advances in Numerical Meteorology. - Chapter 12. The Unification of Meteorology. - Chapter 3. A Theoretical Tradition: Physics of the AtmosphereThe Beginnings of Dynamical Meteorology; William Napier Shaw; The Theorists and the Empiricists; Calculation in Theoretical Meteorology; Chapter 4. A Practical Tradition: Weather Forecasting; The Weather Map; Skepticism about Weather Forecasting; ""Science, Not Art""; Calculation in Weather Forecasting; Part II: Meteorology in the First Half of the 20th Century; Chapter 5. Vilhelm Bjerknes's Program to Unify Meteorology; Aerology; From Physics to Meteorology; The Program to Calculate the Weather; The Graphical Calculus. - Chapter 8. Meteorological Calculation in the Interwar PeriodThe First Use of Punched-Card Machines; The Search for Weather Cycles; Calculating Aids; Calculation in Weather Forecasting; The Beginnings of Numerical Experimentation; Chapter 9. The Effect of World War II on Meteorology; Operation Overlord; The Wartime Importance of Meteorology; The Increased Use of Punched-Card Machines; Changes in Meteorological Practice; Changes in Meteorological Research; Interest in Objective Forecasting; Part III: The Beginning of the Computer Era in Meteorology. - 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 recogn
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| ISBN | 0125151756
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