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Calculating the Weather: Meteorology in the 20th Century

By Frederik Nebeker (Eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Academic Press
Year
1995
ISBN
0-12-515175-6, 9780125151757
ISSN
0074-6142
LCC
QC871 .N344 1995
Open Library ID
OL1111796M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
18 MB (18792291 bytes)
Series
International Geophysics 60
Pages
1-251\265
Library
mexmat
Time added
2009-11-09 02:42:13
Науки о Земле;Метеорология и климатология;История

Description

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 recognition that there may well be fundamental limits to predicting the weather.One of the very few books covering 20th century meteorology, this text is an excellent supplement to any course in general meteorology, forecasting, or history of science.

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