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How scientists used transformative new technologies to understand the complexities of weather and the atmosphere, told through the intertwined careers of three key figures.
Inventing Atmospheric Science
Bjerknes, Rossby, Wexler, and the Foundations of Modern Meteorology
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306 pages
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How scientists used transformative new technologies to understand the complexities of weather and the atmosphere, told through the intertwined careers of three key figures.“The goal of meteorology is to portray everything atmospheric, everywhere, always,” declared John Bellamy and Harry Wexler in 1960, soon after the successful launch of TIROS 1, the first weather satellite. Throughout the twentieth century, meteorological researchers have had global ambitions, incorporating technological adv…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262536318 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0262536315 |
| Author: | James Rodger Fleming |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 306 |
| Release Date: | 1 November 2010 |
| Weight: | 442g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 16mm |
| Series: | Inventing Atmospheric Science |
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James Rodger Fleming
James Rodger Fleming is Charles A. Dana Professor of Science, Technology, and Society at Colby College.
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