Inventing atmospheric science : (Record no. 249077)

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Canceled/invalid ISBN 9780262033947 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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International Standard Book Number 9780262334518
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System control number (MiAaPQ)EBC4410135
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050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number QC855
Item number .F547 2016
082 0# - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 551.5092/2
Edition number 23
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Fleming, James Rodger,
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245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Inventing atmospheric science :
Remainder of title Bjerknes, Rossby, Wexler, and the foundations of modern meteorology /
Statement of responsibility, etc. James Rodger Fleming.
264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE
Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture Cambridge, Massachusetts :
Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer MIT Press,
Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice [2016]
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Extent 1 online resource (307 pages) :
Other physical details illustrations, maps
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Media type term computer
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Carrier type term online resource
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504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc. note IIncludes bibliographical references (pages 255-281) and index.
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Bjerknes -- Rossby -- Wexler -- Atmospheric sciences.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. "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"--
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Source of description note Description based on print version record.
590 ## - LOCAL NOTE (RLIN)
Local note Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Atmospheric physics
General subdivision History.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Atmosphere
General subdivision Research.
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Genre/form data or focus term Electronic books.
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Relationship information Print version:
Main entry heading Fleming, James Rodger.
Title Inventing atmospheric science : Bjerknes, Rossby, Wexler, and the foundations of modern meteorology.
Place, publisher, and date of publication Cambridge, Massachusetts : MIT Press, [2016]
Physical description x, 296 pages ; 24 cm
International Standard Book Number 9780262033947
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Uniform Resource Identifier <a href="https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bacm-ebooks/detail.action?docID=4410135">https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bacm-ebooks/detail.action?docID=4410135</a>
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