Conceiving Meteorology as the exact science of the atmosphere: Vilhelm Bjerknes's paper of 1904 as a milestone

Meteorologische Zeitschrift

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 669-673

  Gramelsberger, Gabriele ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

MECHANICAL LAWS;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

METEOROLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; BIOGRAPHY; CLIMATE PREDICTION; LITERATURE REVIEW; METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 77949584471     PISSN: 09412948     EISSN: 16101227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0941-2948/2009/0415     Document Type: Review

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