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Vilhelm Bjerknes
died 1951
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryVilhelm Friman Koren Bjerknes was a Norwegian geophysicist and meteorologist with essential contributions to the foundation of the modern practice of weather forecasting. He formulated the primitive equations that are still in use in numerical weather prediction and climate modeling. He is the founder of the Bergen School of Meteorology, which was successful in advancing weather prediction and meteorology in the early 20th century.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
March 14, 1862
Christiania
Date of death
April 9, 1951
Citizenship
Norway
Occupations & fields
physicistmeteorologistuniversity teachermathematicianclimatologistgeophysicist
Awards & honours
Fridtjof Nansen Award of Excellence, Mathematics-Natural sciences classGunnerus MedalKnight Grand Cross of the Order of St. OlavBuys Ballot MedalAlexander Agassiz MedalVega Medal
Notable works
Bjerknes forcesBergen School of MeteorologyBjerknes' equation
- Field and occupation
- norský fyzik a meteorolog
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