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Article: Weather by the Numbers: The Genesis of Modern Meteorology.
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Weather by the Numbers: The Genesis of Modern Meteorology
AUTHOR: Kristine C. Harper
PUBLISHER: MIT Press
DETAILS: 328 pp., $40.00 hardcover, 2008
ISBN-1O: 0262083787
ISBN-13: 978-0262083782
There were several key developments that took place during the twentieth century that have contributed to the improved accuracy of our weather forecasts today. The development of the polar-front theory and air mass analysis by members of the Bergen School in Norway following World War I provided meteorologists with a better understanding of the evolution of weather systems and how to predict their movement. The application of ...