ATM317DynamicMeteorologyII

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1)Yourname2)Whereareyoufrom(e.g.,whatwasthe

weather/climatewhereyougrewup)?3)Whatwasthebestlearningac5vity

you’vedoneincollege?

ABriefHistoryoftheFieldofMeteorologySynoptic:

DerivedfromtheGreekwordsyn(“together”)andopsis(“view”)Describesobserva5onsthatgiveabroadpointofview

Breakthroughsinmid1800s•  Espy(1830s)à“ThermalTheoryofCyclones”

Storm!clouds!latenthea0ng!heatenginemodel•  Redfield(1831)àCycloniccircula5ons

Vor0calstructuresaroundcyclones

•  Loomis(1841)àcurrentsincyclonesCombina0onofkinema0cflows

Espy Redfield

Loomis

ABriefHistoryoftheFieldofMeteorologySynoptic:

DerivedfromtheGreekwordsyn(“together”)andopsis(“view”)Describesobserva5onsthatgiveabroadpointofview

Modernmeteorology•  1stLawofThermodynamics

àConserva5onofEnergy•  Ferrelderivedthermalwind

Breakthroughsinmid1800s•  Espy(1830s)à“ThermalTheoryofCyclones”

Storm!clouds!latenthea0ng!heatenginemodel•  Redfield(1831)àCycloniccircula5ons

Vor0calstructuresaroundcyclones

•  Loomis(1841)àcurrentsincyclonesCombina0onofkinema0cflows

•  Koppen(1882)àthermalstructure Ver0cal0ltandver0calstructuresofcyclones

ABriefHistoryoftheFieldofMeteorology

Prof.VilhelmBjerknes

VilhelmBjerknesFatherofModernofMeteorology•  Father(CarlAntonBjerknes)wasaprofessorofmathema5cs

andphysics•  WorkedwithHeinrichHertz(namesakeoftheunitof

frequency)ontheexistenceofEMwavesandinstrumentsthattransmit/receiveradiopulses

•  1895–ProfessorattheUniversityofStockholmCombina5onoffluiddynamicsandthermodynamics-Developedprimi5veequa5ons(s0llusedtoday!!!!)

•  1904–TheoryàPrimi0veequa0onscouldbeusedtopredictatmosphericmo5on!

•  1917–FoundedBergenGeophysicalIns5tuteattheUniversityofBergen,Norway.•  DevelopedNorwegianCycloneModel(withsonJacob,

HalvorSolbergandTorBergeron)